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The Arctic Redpoll was reported from Allerthorpe Common again today - it came onto Birdguides late this evening, does anyone know anything about this sighting?
Cheers, Andy
Cheers, Andy
Hi
Arctic Redpoll at Allerthorpe
I have only just joined this forum, but I reported this bird. It was there again today, from 9am until midday. It is in a flock of 100 or so Redpolls, the vast majority of which are flammea. On the ground, with pale flammea, there is no comparison...it is a very white bird. Two days ago, when I watched it at close range, it showed no streaks on undertail coverts and the rump is pure white and extensive up the back onto the mantle. The whole ground colour is very white indeed.
There are several birds within this flock which you could consider for some time on the basis of their white rumps, but this bird is obvious! It is instructive just to see the vast variation within the Redpolls of this flock...some appear very large indeed. Unfortunately, they did not reach my nets, today...I would be interested to get an idea of the relative size and colour of birds within the flock.
The flock seems to appear at the south side of this tiny reserve and then works its way to the top left corner, before fading away into the forest to the west. I saw no sign over lunch today, and gave it up for the afternoon.
Ian
Pic of today's Slavonian Grebe just to the left of the causeway taken this afternoon.
Dave
Hi
Arctic Redpoll at Allerthorpe
I have only just joined this forum, but I reported this bird. It was there again today, from 9am until midday. It is in a flock of 100 or so Redpolls, the vast majority of which are flammea. On the ground, with pale flammea, there is no comparison...it is a very white bird. Two days ago, when I watched it at close range, it showed no streaks on undertail coverts and the rump is pure white and extensive up the back onto the mantle. The whole ground colour is very white indeed.
There are several birds within this flock which you could consider for some time on the basis of their white rumps, but this bird is obvious! It is instructive just to see the vast variation within the Redpolls of this flock...some appear very large indeed. Unfortunately, they did not reach my nets, today...I would be interested to get an idea of the relative size and colour of birds within the flock.
The flock seems to appear at the south side of this tiny reserve and then works its way to the top left corner, before fading away into the forest to the west. I saw no sign over lunch today, and gave it up for the afternoon.
Ian
Pic of today's Slavonian Grebe just to the left of the causeway taken this afternoon.
Dave
Hi
Arctic Redpoll at Allerthorpe
I have only just joined this forum, but I reported this bird. It was there again today, from 9am until midday. It is in a flock of 100 or so Redpolls, the vast majority of which are flammea. On the ground, with pale flammea, there is no comparison...it is a very white bird. Two days ago, when I watched it at close range, it showed no streaks on undertail coverts and the rump is pure white and extensive up the back onto the mantle. The whole ground colour is very white indeed.
There are several birds within this flock which you could consider for some time on the basis of their white rumps, but this bird is obvious! It is instructive just to see the vast variation within the Redpolls of this flock...some appear very large indeed. Unfortunately, they did not reach my nets, today...I would be interested to get an idea of the relative size and colour of birds within the flock.
The flock seems to appear at the south side of this tiny reserve and then works its way to the top left corner, before fading away into the forest to the west. I saw no sign over lunch today, and gave it up for the afternoon.
Ian
Morning all. Can anybody offer a location for Allerthorpe Common? I presume it's in Allerthorpe?! Cheers
Hi Ian,
Thanks for showing us the Adders by the way, was a cracking day all the same! :t:||
Richard
Just out of interest how many Adders did you see? Numbers seem to have dropped quite alot in the reserve over the last couple of years.
Thanks
In my experience, numbers have not dropped. However, with the increased clearings created over the last few years, the animals have spread out more. Yesterday, I counted 8, in one small area near the YWT reserve. There are areas with more than that, though, and last March/April I was regularly finding 20+, as I wandered around in search of early season hoverflies. If you know where to look, there are certainly large numbers to be seen.
There were quite a few Lizards around, yesterday, as well.
Ian
Any news on the arctic redpoll at allerthorpe today?? My first chance to get there tomorrow.