Thurs 6 Mar. 6 Blk Tld G'Wits still present plus a single Redshank (first for me here this year), with at least 100 Snipe,Lapwings, half a dozen. There wasn't a single Pintail present and only 4 Shoveller, 5 Tufted with a hundred or so Wigeon and almost as many Teal plus 4 Mallard made up the low duck numbers.
A Ring-tailed Hen Harrier made one appearance mid day. A male Kestrel and 1 female Sparrow Hack and a couple of Buzzard made up the raptor sightings.
30 Blk Tld. Godwits with the two drake Garganey on the Lows this Wed. morning. A Merlin flew over from the bridge heading S.W.and chased something? downward into the new Catcott Fen area.
A Common crane from the reintroduction project was there this morning until I left around miday. Leg rings were:
R/h orange over pale blue over yellow & L/h black? Over blue over black?.
On the Cranes, orange isn't used as a ring colour, but assuming that it was red, then red/blue/yellow is affectionately known as err red/blue/yellow. I don't think it has an actual name yet. It is a female crane released last September.
Black/Blue/Black is used on the other leg for all the cranes in this project to link them to this particular project.
21-Mar-14 (afternoon)
Apart from the sub-adult Common Crane, also a single drake Garganey (couldn't see any others), 31 Blk-t Godwits and a single Redshank. A distant male Marsh Harrier over Canada Farm Lake.
Thanks for the info Kevin. Must have been red then. The light & maybe a bit of fading made it look orange. She was still there when i left around 17:00.
Rob.
