The Grey Phalarope is a beautiful little wader that breeds in the Arctic
and winters out at sea. Sometimes individual birds
can be seen along the coast on migration, especially after storms.
So far, I have been lucky enough to be able to watch and photograph grey
phalaropes on two occasions: a beautiful juvenile
grey phalarope at Prinsted in West Sussex in September 2011 and one on a
children's paddling pool in Hove, East Sussex in January 2014. Both birds
were virtually tame - not unusual for phalaropes that have probably never
met humans before.
I wish bird watching could always be
like this!
Please click on the thumbnails to see more photos of the two birds.
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Juvenile Grey Phalarope at Prinstead |
Grey Phalarope at Hove Lagoon |