I saw (and heard) a bird I have never seen (or heard) before today: Siberian Chiffchaff. The second Sibe Chiff found by local bird finder Josh Jones, in the Peterborough area, recently, this individual was at a place called Stamford Sewage Works, near Uffington. There were plenty of Chiffchaffs (as well as marsh Tit, Grey Wagtail and lots of winter thrushes) and the Siberian Chiffchaff stood our amazingly, being neatly grey and whitish rather than scruffily olive and yellowish.
The calls were a tad ambiguous at times, suggesting it may be a bird form the 'hybrid zone' with abietinus Chiffchaffs, a form known as 'fulvescens', I believe. It was a very neat bird, though although perhaps a 'birder's bird' primarily...
Later, I went searching Hawfinches around another big estate, of the large Walcot HalI, where the best birds were Red Kites, including a wing-tagged individual (below). Later still, I paid a visit to the Deeping Lakes Long-eared Owls, with three birds showing well.
No comments:
Post a Comment