The Lincolnshire Bird Club

I have posted a few photos of a family of brents taken today at Pyes hall; the male was an aggressive Dark-bellied Brent and the female an apparently typical Pale-bellied Brent; they had 3 young and were also accompanied by two older birds that looked as if they may have been hybrids from a previous year -- the light was poor and the birds a bit distant ; according to the latest articles I have seen there has never been a proven case of hybridization between these two races / species

photos on my blog at http://pewit.blogspot.com/2009/11/dark- ... geese.html

any birders left in Lincs?

Graham.

Being a neophyte as such, can you throw up the points which make this notable to us lesser mortals !!

You ask the question of us? But you spend so much time in the field compared to us lesser mortals, that it is difficult for us to see what there is to query about, unless we are like you.

You have the knowledge and you know how to apply It!! If you could help us lesser mortals, to see how you came to this thought, it would be appreciated.

I spend such a little time on the coast that Brent geese are Brent geese, thanks to Steve Keightley a few years a go, who identified a Black brant for me amd my daughter and explained the common(!!) recognition factors, I can just about do a confident identification between Black/Light bellied and normal brent.

I for one would appreciate the help of the more expert/experienced birders being treated as a positive!! than the amount of negatives, we normally get.

No disrespect Graham but please follow the old adage KISS !!

Brian