We spotted a pair of Egyptian geese glide past....
In the main hide, we found a dozy little bird. We assumed it was a really young baby that was not used to being solo but taking the big stride of not asking mommy for food for the first time....
It sat there, ate a few seed, sat there dozing.....we assume it is a really young greenfinch based on the coloring.
Next, we spotted a funny marked blackbird. It was black, ad at first i thought its white patches were winter moult, but on binocular inspection we discovered it was naturally white patched. Alas, i didnt get a very good shot.
Back to the greenfinch babe...and then the blackbird - now accompanied by a pheasant. The pheasant had an unnaturally long upper bill....another abnormality.
The very young greenfinch sat in a tree after its doze-seed-doze on the feeder.
Our final sighting on camera from Warnham was of a heron fishing over the back from the outdoor reedbed hide. Later on we returned and were lucky to watch an adult great crested grebe with 3 youngsters at teenage stage feeding in this location. however i didnt take photos as it was raining and i had to put my camera away
That pheasant is pretty big, so I guess his long beak doesn't interfere with his snacks.
ReplyDeletepheasants are quite big birds - like seagulls, peacocks, etc... BIG!
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