Not a bad haul for the day really and with the grotty drizzle and claggy visability doing its best to hamper things: juv Iceland Gull at the Stone Barges, 620 Black Tailed Godwit (a new site record), 120 Golden Plover, 3 Avocet, 3 Curlew, Great Crested Grebe, m Goosander, Grey Wagtail, f & imm m Marsh Harrier, pr Peregrine, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret, 166 Dunlin (more to come on this one!) 2 Bearded Tits, pr Stonechat, 9 Fieldfare, 20 Redwing
... and sorry but could not resist
Amazing news in FEB BBC WILDLIFE magazine this month, that i certainly never had any idea of.
On page 82 'Latest Discoveries' quote ' Some male Marsh Harriers are cross dressers, adopting the dark brown plumage of females and it seems that they behave effeminately too, bickering with females instead of competing with other males. In some populations, 40% of males cross-dress. Has anyone else heard of this before? Could be what Lou Reed was singing about on Walk on the Wildside???