Winter 2016 - Goring

As followers of this blog may know, one of the area's I try and keep an eye on in winter months is at Goring, especially the roosts that accumulate here on the surrounding fields. This has proved fairly fruitful, with Iceland and Glaucous Gull's being found here in previous winters. Some crisp winter morning's allowed for some of Goring's resident birds to be photographed

Black-headed Gull - this individual had started to moult into it's breeding plumage very early!

Common Gull - hoping a Ring-billed Gull will drop in with these guys one day!

Kestrel - has been favouring the east side of the gap and can sometimes be seen hunting the back fields

Magpie - always look daper this time of year, a bird full of character

Sanderling - this individual on the beach with colour rings, unfortunatley unabe to retrieve any information on this individual as some rings are missing from it's left leg as is the bird's foot. Dave Potter also photographed this individual last winter at Goring.