Wayne Bull's Wildlife Blog.: December 2015

Thursday, 31 December 2015

Farmoor 31st December

A few more shots of the G N Diver/s! 3 were present, 1 Adult & 2 Juv

Great Northern Diver

Black Headed Gull

Thursday, 17 December 2015

I made another visit to farmoor today in the hope of getting a few pics of the two G N divers together but unfortunately they weren't spending anytime in each others company. One bird was showing well on the N.east side of FII near the sailing club for a little while so I managed to grab a few shots of it, although the light wasn't that good! I also managed to take a few shots of a very confiding Little grebe that was feeding along the Eastern edge of FII and it was nice to see it up close rather than the usual wary bird diving and swimming away from you.

Great northern diver

Little grebe

Pied wagtail

Monday, 7 December 2015

Farmoor 7th December

I spent a few hours at the reservoir today to catch up with the Great northern diver,Red necked grebe and Grey Phalaropes. The Diver was seen on the S.west side of FII showing quite well. The bird had what looked like fishing line hanging from it's bill and was shaking it's head quite a lot. I see Terry Sherlock later in the day who had taken a few photo's of the bird after me which showed the bird free of any line so it must of shaken it off. The 2 Phalaropes were seen on the N.west side of FI the Red necked grebe was on the west side of FI.