It stood on a post in the Long Water, an imposing creature as big as the Cormorants on either side. I would have like to tell you where it came from, but unfortunately the ring M6AT doesn't fit any data for red or orange rings on the cr-birding.org web site.
Both male Little Owls were on show on a dark morning, one near the Albert Memorial ...
... and the other near the Henry Moore sculpture.
The female Peregrine was visible on the barracks tower for a few minutes.
There were six Grey Herons on the island. Here are four of them.
A Pied Wagtail ran around on the shore.
A male Chaffinch fidgeted about in a winter-flowering cherry near the bridge, and ate a leaf bud.
There was another under the feeder in the Rose Garden.
A brief sunny spell lit up a Robin beside the Long Water.
A Song Thrush sang in the Flower Walk, barely audible over the deafening racket of a bark chipper so I didn't video it.
An Egyptian Goose struck a silly pose on a post at Peter Pan.
A pair of Mute Swans fed together at the Lido.
No moorhen would dare to chase that huge gull off its post!
ReplyDeleteUnless it had ambitions to become lunch.
DeleteHey, Goose yoga!
ReplyDeleteWhat an absolutely imposing bird, that GBB. The picture captures perfectly well its hugeness and its power.
Great Black-Backed Gulls are genuinely terrifying. Lock up your lapdogs.
DeleteGreat Black-backs are impressive birds. I remember many years ago seeing one kill a Moorhen on the Dungeness RSPB Reserve.
ReplyDeleteLuckily they never stay here long. Otherwise our pigeon-eating LBB might be picking up tips.
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