Bird News from Mike Friel
Today I broke my inland speed-birding record. At the wooded park beside the river on the outskirts of Hamyang, I spotted 18 species in 50 minutes.
Apart from the usual birds like tits and mallards, those that I was most pleased to see included a pair of lugens White Wagtails and a Japanese Wagtail, a Hawfinch, a Great Spotted Woodpecker,
several Olive-backed Pipits and three Long-billed Plovers. Most beautiful to my eyes, because seldom seen, was a group of four Common Snipes feeding and bathing in the water near the river bank.
White Wagtail Motacilla alba lugens. Photo © Mike Friel.
Great-spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major. Photo © Mike Friel.
Olive-backed Pipit Anthus hodgsoni. Photo © Mike Friel.
Varied Tit Poecile varius. Photo © Mike Friel.
Long-billed Plover Charadrius placidus. Photo © Mike Friel.
Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago. Photos © Mike Friel.