Monday, 22 October 2012

More 'Birds in the Hand'

Busy, Busy, Busy, and Late - so more of the same.
DUNNOCK @ Portland Bird Observatory (PBO).
Another 'stranded' GUILLEMOT rescued on the Buchan Alpha Oil Platform (BA).
HOUSE SPARROW, PBO
KITTIWAKE, BA
LESSER WHITETHROAT, PBO.
LITTLE STINT, BA.
MARSH WARBLER, PBO.
MELODIOUS WARBLER, PBO.
NIGHTINGALE, PBO.
PALLAS'S WARBLER, PBO.
PALLID SWIFT, PBO.
This PEREGRINE on BA was seen to kill 2 Great Black-backed Gulls but loose them to the sea, then caught this HERRING GULL which it partially ate.
It was later caught by our Deck Foreman,
put into a makeshift cage and transported ashore by helicopter.
PIED FLYCATCHER, PBO.
YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, BA.