One of the male Ruff at Frampton this afternoon was colour-ringed....
Note the Yellow Wagtail in the top right-hand corner of the image. Also White Wagtail and 3 Whimbrel.
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| Author: | Simon Wilson [ Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | RSPB Frampton Marsh 24/04/12 |
Hi, today's highlights have included: Barnacle goose 2 Brent goose 450+ Arctic tern 10 Little gull 1 Buzzard 2 Marsh harrier 1 Avocet 40+ Little ringed plover 1 Black-winged Stilt 1 White wagtail 1 Yellow wagtail 2 Tree sparrow 22 Corn bunting 2 Cheers, Simon. |
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| Author: | John Badley [ Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:06 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RSPB Frampton Marsh 24/04/12 |
Also this evening; Whooper swan - 1 Marsh harrier - 4 Lesser whitethroat - 1 Ruff - 15 Whimbrel - 5 Scaup - 1 That's the first time I can recall seeing Lesser Whitethroat before Common Whitethroat in the spring. John |
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| Author: | Andrew Chick [ Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RSPB Frampton Marsh 24/04/12 |
One of the male Ruff at Frampton this afternoon was colour-ringed.... Note the Yellow Wagtail in the top right-hand corner of the image. Also White Wagtail and 3 Whimbrel.
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| Author: | John Badley [ Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: RSPB Frampton Marsh 24/04/12 |
This is a very interesting ruff!! Not that all ruff aren't interesting of course, but this one has been a regular at Frampton since early 2010. It also flew 365km from Frampton to the Netherlands in less than 10 hours on 1st April 2011. I'll put a full history up of it later... John |
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