Mediterranean Gull

Mediterranean Gull Larus melanocephalus, first-winter



Common Gull Larus canus, first-winter


Canon EOS 500D 70-300 IS USM

Ferry Meadows Wildfowl

European White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons, adult





Greylag Anser anser


Canada Goose Branta canadensis



Mute Swan Cygnus olor


Mallard Anas platyrhynchos



Coot Fulica atra

Backlit Mute Swans

A lunchtime walk along the Embankment in Peterborough.

Mute Swan Cygnus olor


Canon EOS500 70-300mm IS USM

Sepia Dawn White-front

A misty dawn provided this atmospheric shot of the lingering white-front at the west end of Gunwade Lake, Ferry Meadows.

European White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons with Greylags Anser anser

Canon EOS500 70-300mm IS USM

Goosander, Ferry Meadows

Found this swimming on Lynch Lake at Ferry Meadows this morning.

Goosander, female/immature with Black-headed and Common Gulls

Canon EOS500D 70-300mm IS USM

European White-fronted Goose

This was found at Ferry Meadows yesterday by newcomer on the block Malte Busch, who also found a Great Grey Shrike here but that could not be relocated this morning. I relocated the goose with a flock of Greylags just west of the river along the Nene Valley Railway.

Note the pinkish bill and clear white band at the tail tip, features that help place it in the North-east European tunra population rather than that from Greenland.

Lone adults consorting with feral geese are often written off as escapes but there have been no records of such birds in the summer and there can be little doubt this is wild bird. There has been an unusual influx of these geese into Britain over the past week or so and no doubt we will see more.

It would be nice to get a decent bird that isn't only photographable at a distance in half light.

European White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons albifrons

Canon EOS500D 70-300mm IS USM

Grey Squirrel

The only photographable wildlife on another sunny lunchtime jaunt to the Broadway Cemetery.

Grey Squirrel Sciurus carolinensis

Canon EOS500D 70-300mm IS USM