I dipped the Hawfinch, dipped the Mandarin but found a couple of very nice Marsh Tits plus the loos are great. Sod paying to park it was £5-80 an expensive dump for some but not I.
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Sat Nav'd it home and it took me so close to one of last years very last year ticks (not this bird though) that I just had to nip in and whap it on, missed the Waxwing flock though by hours..bummer!
Not one of the jobs I built in a previous career (did a bigger one in Hong Kong) but the view from one of Lincolnshire's most accessible
reserves namely Far Ings. Once again in a brief lunch time visit I saw f'all but its on the radar just in case that mega turns up. A free car park and no permits required take note West Midland Bird Club dudes.
A sort of free hour in between surveys and a quick look at the map had me exploring the banks of the mighty river Humber near Skitter. Wellies on I attempted to go in and flush one of my long time 'want to find for myself ' birds Lapland Bunting. No such luck but I did flush three Short-eared Owls...magic birds!
What cracking birds, they really put on a show for yours truly.
One for the years Self Found List me thinks?
TTFN
