Spring cont.

Little Ringed Plovers on Hes East today.

Spring

Decent signs of spring around Uni at the moment with the arrival of the first Little Ringed Plover at Hes East, where there are also 3 Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers and a Green Sandpiper.  Also campus full of singing birds - a first Chiffchaff for me yesterday, and this cracking little Wren.

Waders UK

A selection of waders on Heslington East retention basin over the last few weeks.  Hopefully the spring will bring a few more birds and a few more sunny days in which to photo them..

Green Sandpiper

Redshank

'Ringo'

First records of Black Tern, Willet and Snowy Plover for Queretaro

A short paper on my records of Black Tern, Willet and Snowy Plover was published in HUITZIL - Journal of Mexican Ornithology today.

http://www.huitzil.net/HUITZIL_2011-187.pdf

Take home message is the previous level of under-recording at reservoirs such as El Centenario, and hence the unrecognised importance of these water bodies for birds..