Red-necked Phalarope, Hook-with-Warsash, Hants, UK 1999


Title:
Red-necked Phalarope, Hook-with-Warsash, Hants, UK 1999

Description:
present from 30 September to 4 October 1999 in same ditch as a grey phalarope - see separate video - some good spinning at the end

Author:
redshouldervids

Tags:
birding, birdwatching, bird, watching, behaviour, Hants, Hampshire, redshouldervids,

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