As regular CFZ-watchers will know, for some time Corinna has been doing a column for Animals & Men and a regular segment on On The Track... particularly about out-of-place birds and rare vagrants. There seem to be more and more bird stories from all over the world hitting the news these days so, to make room for them all - and to give them all equal and worthy coverage - she has set up this new blog to cover all things feathery and Fortean.

Monday, 17 February 2014

Smew....


10 Feb 2014 11:25 AM 

After the presence of a pair of smew on Thursday 30th January, a redhead appeared on silt lagoon 7 on Wednesday last week and stayed at least until Friday. Smew are less than annual at Langford, with no reports last winter and the current redhead only being about the 8th-9threcord for the site.

They are without doubt stunning little birds. The males are bright white with black markings, whilst the females live up to their name of redhead, with a rich chestnut coloured forehead, crown and nape, extending down the back of the neck.




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