Wednesday, 3 June 2020

Some highlights

Video courtesy of Iain Outlaw:



Today's Black Kite - © Graham Andrews

Local mystery: a recent collaborative effort (sequentially NL, SJ, myself) saw many flocks of crossbills passing over and picked up to the north of us at Haddon's Pits (MB); though some briefly landed. All left to the North (MB). Photo © Mark Buckley.

Ashy Headed (intergrade) x BH wagtail 17-04-20 © Alan Brown

Per BirdGuides: A Brown Booby was seen and photographed by fishermen on a boat off the coast of the Isle of Wight on 9 May.
The bird came aboard Belgian trawler Jasmine Z-483 around 5 km south-east of Bembridge, at the eastern end of the island, and lingered for several hours: https://www.birdguides.com/articles/britain-ireland/brown-booby-in-isle-of-wight-waters/
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