I
took one last picture of the bluetit too, before moving to the
woodland hide. On the last couple of visits, I have spotted the
water rail and a pheasant family, and I was wondering if they would
make an appearance on this trip also. On arrival, however, I spotted
a pair of doves and a black and white duck!
Doves
are woodland birds, but I had not spotted them in the woodland hide
before. I often spend a longer time at this hide than others, as not
only are there more birds in situ, but more variety also. On this
occasion, it was not long before other birds arrived on the scene.
Here
came either the female or juvenile pheasant, for example. I am not
sure which is grey and which brown, but it is one of the two. Soon,
the entire family arrived.
No,
that was not the total of bird species spotted on this trip - far
from it. I remained in situ for around a half hour on this occasion
and plenty more appeared - such as this male mallard and moorhen.
HERE is some info about coal tits - seen regularly at Arundel.
Wow, the members of the pheasant family are all very different.
ReplyDeleteyou can definitely tell the male and female apart - i have yet to remember the juvenile and female - whcih is which - have to look it up each time i see them.
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