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Wednesday, 25 November 2015

Danish wanderer

A visit to Grimsbury Reservoir during my lunch break on Monday (23/11) actually produced something of interest!

 Amongst the usual small gathering of Black Headed Gulls, I was pleased to catch up with the Danish-ringed bird (VK40) Gareth had previously discovered on the 5th November. A really interesting record! I also had the first Goosanders (2 females) of the winter and a flyover Redpoll sp.




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