Thursday 24 April 2014

Double dip

There were two patch yearticks waiting for me at Mons Pool this evening - a Garganey, and two Whimbrel. I'd already ticked these off in my head, and thought how nice it was that I wouldn't have to scour hundreds of Teal this autumn. However, despite being reported as present at 17:50, there was no sign of either at 18:40 when I arrived. Dammit! A nice summer plumaged islandica Black-wit dropped in for a while, before disappearing, and even the two Dunlin that John E had seen a short time earlier had vanished, so I guess things were on the move. I had a quick whip round the other pits before checking Meering Marsh. No Garganey (or waders) there either, but two Cuckoos were my first of the year.


Black-wit

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