Adult Golden Plover wing, note old (paler) secondaries mixed with new
Adult GP tertials with "horse-shoe" of gold edged
Juvenile Golden Plover - all secondaries even age and just two pale spots on tips of tertials
Saturday, 29 October 2011
A rich seam indeed!!
We are having continued success dazzling Golden Plovers on the hills around Ceri Forest. Last night myself and Shropshire ringer, Paul Ashworth, ringed 10 more along with a Lapwing and a Fieldfare. On a couple of nights earlier in the week Paul Leafe and I caught a total of 26 Golden Plover, 14 Fieldfares, 2 Snipe, 1 Woodcock and a Stock Dove! That's over 50 Golden Plovers in October alone - madness!! Seriously contemplating a colour-ringing scheme now!
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