RED PHALAROPE ( Grey Phalarope )... Phalaropus fulicarius
This bird is in adult winter plumage, it was a fairly long stayer 4/5 weeks on the banks of the River Thames at Crossness Reserve, London....taken on the 20.04.07.
A passage migrant that was migrating from its breeding grounds in the Arctic and heading for its winter stay in Africa which got blown off track..
I was hoping it was going to stay a bit and moult in to its summer plumage !! super looking bird especially the females..
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London
Birds
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Red phalarope
Grey phalarope
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