Garganey in the hand!

Today I got the very rare opportunity to take a look at a Garganey that was trapped and ringed at Wheldrake Ings NNR this evening.  Some pictures below. Also a Teal was trapped too.  Great to be able to compare head patterns.  Both birds were colour-ringed as par of the really interesting ongoing project in the valley. Garganey yellow on left and right, Teal orange on left and right. Expect some more details/better pictures on the LDV blog soon. Pics below are off phone cameras so not the best, but at least you can tell what it is!

 Garganey (Russell Slack)

Garganey (Andy Walker) 

Garganey (Andy Walker) 

 Garganey (Andy Walker) - check out the giant tertials!

Garganey (Russell Slack) 

Garganey and Teal (Russell Slack) - surprisingly subtle head patterning in eclipse

Garganey (Andy Walker)