HOBBY AT LAKENHEATH R.S.P.B. RESERVE, SUFFOLK - 50 OF THESE DASHING LITTLE FALCONS HAWKING FOR INSECTS OVER LAKENHEATH FEN - JUST BACK IN FROM AFRICA TO BREED -WHEN THEY FIRST ARRIVE THEY CAN CONGREGATE IN QUITE LARGE NUMBERS, BUT 50 IS AMAZING
MALE RUFF, TITCHWELL, NORFOLK - NEARLY IN FULL BREEDING PLUMAGE - A FEW BREED IN THE UK, BUT MOST WILL RETURN TO THE CONTINENT TO BREED AND FIGHT WITH OTHER MALES AT A LEK -
SIMILAR TO BLACK GROUSE
AVOCET TITCHWELL RSPB
BARNACLE GOOSE, CARSINGTON WATER, DERBYSHIRE - THIS IS PROBABLY A GENUINE WILD BIRD-IT WAS RINGED AT CAERLAVEROCK IN SCOTLAND IN 1999 - BUT KEEPS RETURNING TO CARSINGTON WITH THE FERAL POPULATION - ITS PLUMAGE IS MUCH GREYER - IT DOES RTURN TO CAERLAVEROCK IN WINTER SOMETIMES
