No cold spell would be complete without Jack Snipe and today one was showing from the South Lake hide.
It was relatively quiet today, a flock of Lapwings migrating at height were seen by Zach and Co and Yellowhammer and Brambling were flyovers (seen by Glenn).
Jack Snipe (Photo by Shaun Ferguson)
White Stork- it was flying around at height today. Presumably showing signs of migratory restlessness. The asymmetrical moult is very clear, we think a result of a fox attack.
Redwing- seemed to be a small increase in numbers
Common Snipe from the South Hide. This is an adult bird which can be aged on the tertial pattern (below).
The tertials have thick alternating black and buff bars and critically the tertial tip is composed of a large white tip (cut by a black line on the vein)
Nothing about this bird looks like a Wilson's Snipe and just to confirm the outer tail has diffuse markings lacking the more neat barring of Wilson's Snipe
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