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Near Miss

27/8/2016

,Following the ZPC 2016 Convention and a visit to the Rutland Birdfair we spent a few day in Suffolk and Essex. Nowadays it is hard to completely ignore the reports of rare birds passing through fairly close so we tried to find Wryneck, a real bogey bird for us. Over three visits we saw it once, probably the last time it was seen. It was the first we had seen in UK; of course it apparently cavorted in front of the photographers the day before. C'est la vie.

More predictable, we encountered quite a few Chats and Wheatears. This one came so close I eventually could not focus. The naivety of these young migrant birds going on life's journey into an unknown land and future is quite affirming.

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New Feathers

12/8/2016

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Lots of our resident birds are harder to identify at this time of year since they are losing their old feathers and getting their fresh new ones ready for winter. Young birds may be in juvenile plumage, or moulting to adult male and female plumage. These Siskins came down to drink, but look quite scruffy as they are changing their feathers.

Ducks are particularly hard to ID just now as they are in 'eclipse' plumage - they all look very similarly brown!

Identification can be a challenge at the moment - still, it keeps us on our toes!

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