Friday, 8 January 2021
Friday, 27 November 2020
F1 Tuffed Duck
After reading about the Tufted Duck which Ewan photographed on F2 took me back a few year to the the time when more birds were seen with nasal saddle's fitted to their bills. The last one present here was found on F1 with the nasal saddle code F1. This bird spent the week distressed with trying to remove the saddle. I feel this practice should be terminated immediately along with most bird ringing. Birds are not a commodity and I feel that this approach does not serve any purpose.
Sunday, 8 November 2020
Very scarce visitor with only sixteen records, the highest count being ten on the 28th April 1978. Latest record is three birds seen on the 3th June 2019.
Passage migrant.
KENTISH PLOVER
Rare vagrant one record 15th May 1970.
GREY PLOVER
Scarce passage migrant.
GOLDEN PLOVER
Common passage migrant.
LAPWING
Common passage migrant.
KNOT Calidris canutus
Scarce passage migrant.
SANDERLING
Common passage migrant.
PURPLE SANDPIPER
Very scarce visitor with eighteen records, latest seen on the 30th May 2011.
First record 2nd September 1976.
MARSH SANDPIPER
RED-NECKED PHALAROPE
Passage migrant
Friday, 2 October 2020
Farmoor : September Review.
September produced three outstanding birds, two being new birds for Farmoor. The star bird was a Lesser Yellowlegs found and photographed by the sole observer Terry Sherlock on the 15th. This was followed by a Yellow-browed Warbler which was present briefly on 21st and seen by only two lucky birders. Then on the 11th a Manx Shearwater was found and stayed the day giving views to the many admirers. Other noteworthy birds were a Marsh Harrier found by Andy Last on the 12th and four Black-necked Grebe, two adults and two juveniles seen on the 11th.The first Rock Pipit of the autumn was seen on the 21st with another on the 24th. Stonechat and Wheatear number were up compared with recent years, Siskins and Lesser Redpoll noted earlier than in most years with birds seen and heard in recent weeks. Waders reported this month included Knot, Ruff, Golden Plover,Turnstone Sanderling, Ringed Plover, Dunlin, Common Sandpiper, Lapwing, Snipe, Greenshank and Redshank. Ospreys were reported on four days and Sandwich Terns on three making it a good period for them.
Monday, 2 April 2018
New bird for Billy's Farmoor Life List.
Below are my favourite photo's taken at Farmoor in March.
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Rock Pipit (c) Tezzer |
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Common Scoter (c) Jeremy Dexter |
Monday, 19 March 2018
Farmoor Common Scoters ( My favourite bird )
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Black-necked Grebe (c) Tezzer |
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Common Scoters (c) Andy Last |
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Kittiwake (c) Roger Wyatt |
Siskin |
Marsh Tit |
Water Rails |
Treecreeper |
Barnacle Goose |
Bushy leazes Cat |