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Tuesday 2 July 2013
Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus)
I found the Whooper Swan on the early summer, they had bred on the main island. It wasn't that great but, I had to show you.
Monday 1 July 2013
Sunday 30 June 2013
Saturday 29 June 2013
Friday 28 June 2013
Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa)
Lovely waders.
Black-tailed Godwits are large wading birds. In summer, they have bright orangey-brown chests and bellies, but in winter they’re more greyish-brown. Their most distinctive features are their long beaks and legs, and the black and white stripes on their wings. Female black-tailed godwits are bigger and heavier than the males, with a noticeably longer beak (which helps the sexes to avoid competing for food with each other). They’re very similar to bar-tailed godwits, which breed in the Arctic. Black-taileds have longer legs, and bar-taileds don’t have striped wings. As the names suggest, the tail patterns are different, too. (RSPB)
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