Langstone Harbour, Hampshire: These newly arrived migrants had joined a post-breeding congregation of 20 mute swans to forage in the shallows for green algae and eelgrassAs I sat on the concrete jetty with the late afternoon sun warming my face and bare arms, it felt as though winter was weeks away, but the presence of a raft of several hundred ducks in the bay suggested otherwise.Langstone harbour's intertidal mudflats are a magnet for wetland birds and these newly arrived migrants had joined a post-breeding congregation of 20 mute swans to forage in the shallows for green algae (Chlorophyta) and eelgrass (Zostera sp). Continue reading...
Country diary: mudflats as a magnet for wetland birds
19. října 2018 7:00
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/19/country-diary-mudflats-as-a-magnet-for-wetland-birds
Zdroj: The Guardian