The day’s catch was 19 birds of nine species, with only one (Great) Tit late in the day. They must be well into breeding up here now though I have yet to find a used nestbox except one with a Wood Mouse. A third recent unringed Bullfinch, female, was a pleasure because I have also […]
Month: April 2020
20200403 “Pollen Horn”
Most years we come across migrants, often chiffchaffs, that have been feeding on pollen, probably in Iberia and probably from Eucalyptus species. As they feed the sticky pollen matts frontal feathers together to form a horn at e base of the upper mandible. We take it as evidence that the bird has come from the […]