November 2013

30th. A walk around Crabtree Hill in the Forest of Dean looking for two-barred crossbills and a great-grey shrike was fruitless. I did see 2 common crossbills and lots of siskins though.

23rd. Chew Valley Lake. The juvenile black-throated diver showed quite nicely off Woodford pontoons, but was backlit too strongly for good photographs. Two pink-footed geese in the rough grassland behind Heron's Green Pool, and a green sandpiper and two goosanders in Villice Bay.

black-throated diver

black-throated diver

14th. Westonbirt Arboretum. Some photos with the iPhone.

Westonbirt Arboretum

Westonbirt Arboretum

Westonbirt Arboretum

10th. Slimbridge - one ringed common crane on the Tack Piece from the Great Crane Project. A Siberian chiffchaff (identified previously from song) and a common chiffchaff along the boardwalk. Photo of a lapwing plumage below.

lapwing feathers

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