Harrold-Odell Egyptians

Breeding early

These two seem to be breeding early at Wyboston.  A phone binned shot. 

Egyptian Brood, Wyboston

Bev's. 23rd January.

 A walk around Bev's (DWE), turned up 4 Lesser Redpolls feeding around the main lake, 2 Egyptian geese but no sign of any White fronts'. And a nicely posed Mistle thrush with a snowy backdrop.

Egyptian Geese

Four Egyptian Geese near Broom GP, 5th Feb 2012

Redstart and Gypo goslings

Second time Egyptian Geese have bred at Harrold - maybe these ones will survive - these must be a few days old.
A surprise find at Radwell. Although this bird was singing, it is clearly a passage migrant and my first singing Bedfordshire Redstart since the early 1990s.

More Radwell geese...

It's exotic at Harrold-Odell CP...

A New Breding Bird for Bedfordshire

I popped up to Harrold-Odell CP after work work with the kids today to see if the gypos had done anything. Only a pair with the Greylags in a quick look. But I then spoke to Richard Dowsett, one of the rangers and asked after the Egyptian Geese. He had this rather good photo among others, of a pair with four goslings, the fourth just obscured here behind the nearest adult. There have been varying numbers of Egyptian Geese here over the last couple of years - possibly up to nine. Perhaps two pairs bred on the island here. This was taken on 9th May by Richard. The goslings here are quite young and have not been seen recently so maybe there has been no successful fledging.

Egyptian Geese

Part of the pair of Egyptian Geese currently at Harrold & Odell CP, 29th December 2007 by Steve Blain.

Roxy Gypos

Two with the Greylags and Canadas today.

One was ringed so maybe one of the birds (3 I think) at Paxton earlier this year one of which was ringed. Certianly seem to be more about these days.