Bearded Tits at Rye Meads, 29th October 2022

I was doing some recruitment for the RSPB SE Herts Local Group at Rye Meads which just happened to coincide with the Rye Meads Ringing Group catching two Bearded Tits in their mist nets. Very privileged to have a quick peek at them after they were weighed, checked and ringed, and before being safely released. The firsts shots are of the female.

And the male.

Beautiful birds, and the ringing group do a lot of valuable work.

About a week later (6th November) I managed to photograph a juvenile Whooper Swan from the Gadwall hide. At the time of posting, it is still at Rye Meads.

Rye Meads has certainly turned up some good birds recently.