Pin-tailed Snipe, first Marsh Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper of the season, and more (video)
Still stalking Pin-tailed Snipe the day after, trying to get shots of the tail feathers. And then — incredibly!! — I managed to get video with the call of a Pin-tailed Snipe!! It's shaping up to be another wonderful autumn migration season!!
I recorded my first Marsh Sandpiper and Green Sandpiper of the season. Common Redshank and Whiskered Tern had also arrived.
An extremely close Pin-tailed Snipe. Preying on a cricket.
Same individual as above.
Two Pin-tailed Snipes. The left is the same individual as above.
Same individual as the right bird above.
A Pin-tailed Snipe that caught a soldier fly larva.
A Pin-tailed Snipe swallowing a large earthworm.
A dark-morph Pin-tailed Snipe.
First Marsh Sandpiper of the season. Moulting from juvenile to first-winter plumage.
Marsh Sandpiper moulting from breeding to non-breeding plumage.
First Green Sandpiper of the season. Late breeding plumage.
Juvenile Wood Sandpipers have increased noticeably. When juveniles arrive in good numbers it means breeding went well — a relief.
Juvenile Common Greenshanks are still a little way off.
Common Redshank in late summer plumage.
White-winged Tern moulting from summer to winter plumage.
A young Crested Serpent Eagle. Around 3cy?
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