A Baltimore Oriole in Oxfordshire – 21st December 2003

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A 1st year winter male Baltimore Oriole was found at Headington, Oxfordshire during December 2003.

 
There were several American birds discovered in Britain during th ewinter of 2003 and this bird was the icing on the cake. Feeding on apples in residential gardens in the village.
 
 
   
 
  

A Black Lark in Anglesey – 3rd June 2003

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A crippling bird – An adult male Black Lark Melanocorypha yeltoniensis, a first record for Britain, found on South Stack, Anglesey

    
 
Note the large ivory coloured bill and the thick-set and heavy appearance. Also not the silvery-white fringes to feathers on mantle and wing coverts. Long legs and brown tones to the flight feathers.

    

    

 

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