Wednesday 6 June 2012

Pallid Harrier - North Lincolnshire?

Yes at last a juvenile Pallid Harrier has finally arrived in N Lincs(or at least it looks pretty good for one), close to Barton On Humber on the Wolds it's gracefully floating around the undulating fields chasing Pigeons - we saw it a couple of times last night and again this morning with hopefully  closer views to be had this evening and some better chances of photos - this one was digiscoped  last night  - watch this space (hopefully).  Never seen at close range for long enough to see the feather to feather detail and infact the pale collar and boa on the neck do not seem very prominent but could this have been moulted out?  The contrasting underwing(dark secondaries and pale barred hand)  look good for Pallid and photos obtained by Roy Harvey do not seem to show dark primary tips like a Montague Harrier, so another positive feature for Pallid.
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