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Just passed NP hide a darter perched up nicely and the all black legs, waisted abdomen and reduced black and yellow patches on the thorax confirmed it as an immature male Ruddy Darter, a patch tick. A little further along the path to Gv Marsh an immature male Broad-bodied Chaser was on patrol giving meContinue reading “Monday 14th June 2021”

I relocated last week’s colour-ringed Oystercatcher and was able to get a better view of the ring on the left tarsus. It was definitely a double yellow ring thus confirming this bird as at least 23 years old. Pete Potts ringed it as an adult at Hamble Point on 28th Dec 1999. It winters nearContinue reading “Monday 7th June 2021”

As predicted by Adam the Little Ringed Plover chicks had been guided down to Gt Marsh and I found them on the mud on the southern margin. The tiny white chicks were feeding at the water’s edge but would occasionally dash back to Mum when they lost confidence or perhaps when she called them. TheyContinue reading “Thursday 3rd June 2021”