Sightings 15/6/11

PORTBURY WHARF:
The Barn Owl was out hunting from tea-time (S Hale). Has been showing in mid-afternoon this week too.


CHEW VALLEY LAKE:
The Blue-winged Teal still present 7.45am this morning (S Davies).

Bittern Trail: 2 singing Garden Warbler.

BK Hide: the female Goldeneye, a female Hobby and a female Cuckoo.

Herriott's: a Gadwall brood and a partially leucistic Reed Warbler (all P Baber).

5.8.92 Blue-winged Teal © Phil Baber, many thanks

Here in the Sightings Page team office we like to bring club members the very latest news and pictures of what's around.

We don't have a photo of the current Blue-winged Teal just yet so we have dredged the archives and sourced a drawing sketched out by Phil Baber of a Blue-winged Teal seen at the lake way back in August 1992, but we suspect it's not the same 'returning' bird. We hope it's of some use.

How's that for quality service?

Members may also wish to check out Phil's website: http://philbaber.weebly.com/index.html