I always find scanning through a settled flock of Pink-feet to be quite a relaxing experience, their soft chunnering is quite reassuring and calming. Then one looked straight at me and it had a white forehead. Surely a White-front? However some Pink-feet can show quite a lot of white and I wanted to see more to be sure. I needn't have worried, after a minute or two it walked into full view and I could clearly see black barring on its belly, and the sharp contrast of the black on pale brown made this a European White-front rather than the darker Greenland White-front. Excellent, only my second ever European White-front in St Helens.
Year 134
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnWGnbg4p51EeumG-rY0y9pWZQFh9RCL_W7vpTWpVfep7AW-F9QQrb_N2lFKPIFSO2wlKkI9XuhzawEx9uvHOYm5-pBiwnY2AgNmxU6HduvSnvWFzA-61E5HeCV78ZTEjvoZGccLx_C1tl/s320/eurowf.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH2IAr1QnjL3kk7sJo9Fep2YgtkO6tHqk9LVgtRdI-X3ZMi6R0Dm3TKZOiSiYEFODeTB3tSlvj0-x3CTuy7_L0Aq72TQ9FNIc6qjjUFfvaP8vm-RVkOxSNpJPzc5ULrHpFnFAT5pdSoSt/s320/eurowf2.jpg)
European White-fronted Goose with Pink-footed Geese.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs85QiiOkDJLcelvyj7Tkxh-YDqnrxr4ai9ujh8cvqv_mXWxV-UXs3nq1_uoVi1KGRjjM1-QERjT5HoUNDJPV-l7PtHQAkQd7gazq12blKrf6HtJuSg_Zk4yzpJ1C56g_swzDi8VEUIvMb/s320/pinkies.jpg)
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq5H8naq9MQD7V7vAIn7lg60WvoQSOXzFq_7hyphenhyphent2_lhyphenhyphenWKTY0fV1E4qUrxRUKaF1yD6VQkd70nowqSDxPRj8KzuBG2bUV9n-xjH3Un66Y4GE6_RU9z6XzrVJ_p0qDsiuMrIEYmvsOquVTA/s320/greenlane.jpg)
The flock coming in to land, Old Coach Road. Green Lane, Catchdale Moss.
Oh yeah - I forgot to mention that one! I was thinking when I was looking at the flock that it'd be nice to scan through them but in all honesty I wouldn't have recognised that anyway! Well done Colin. I went for a look for the waxwing at around 4.15 but couldn't see them. Damian.
ReplyDeleteWhite-fronts are pretty easy if you get a reasonable view, white face and black barring on their bellies, the only real difficulty is deciding between European and Greenland race.
ReplyDeleteThe Waxwings have been present for at least 3 days so there is a good chance they might be there tomorrow, though the berries are dwindling rapidly.