I came across this rather scruffy looking Pallid Harrier the other day. As it warmed up in the sun it busied itself with an early morning start-up routine Mantle preening Under-wing preening Tail feather preening Wing and tail stretch Cargo cleanout Ready to rock and roll
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There were a mixture of some large white-headed and some smaller gulls present. I think the larger ones were young Caspian Gulls but stand open to correction. Caspian Gull tbc Caspian Gull tbc Caspian Gull tbc Caspian Gull tbc Common Black-headed Gull in winter plumage without its dark brown hood Slender-billed Gull. Note the longer bill, lack of black tip and more sloping forehead compared with the gull above
Greater Sand Plover Dunlin. Sanderling Ruddy Turnstone Male Kentish Plover still in breeding plumage Grey Plover in winter plumage Great Crested Grebe in winter plumage Whiskered Tern
A Steppe Grey Shrike perched on its favourite hawking post Masked Shrike. One of two seen on the day Daurian Shrike with Dragonfly
A pair of juvenile Greater White-fronted Geese An Egyptian Goose shortly after take-off A young male Pallid Harrier Female Pallid Harrier Western Marsh Harrier Gull-billed Tern
I came across this Common Red Fox which did not stop to investigate me, so all I managed were these images of it scampering off into the desert.
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