Grey Phalarope......

23 Oct - very nice views at the w/e of the obliging Grey Phalarope at Farmoor, feeding unconcernedly very close to the assembled photographers, and indeed on occasions swimming towards them.....typical behaviour by an arctic species. Fairly regular in recent autumns at Farmoor, though unusually this record does not follow on from westerly gales, the wind having been predominantly easterly for several weeks.