Nightjar at the Brecks + Tawny Owl.

Jimmy calls out do I want to meet up with Brian at 8 o'clock to go to the Brecks to try for the Nightjars, of course the answer is yes.
It takes about an hour from my house to get to the clearing in the forest, that is where the boys had heard them last year. some other birders were already here, this is the perfect night clear & warm, so hopes are high of at least hearing them.
We had arrived at just after 9 o'clock, the first bird seen is Woodcock, we see at least a dozen within the hour.
Then around 10 o'clock we hear Tawny Owl & Little Owl, I needed Tawny & Jimmy needed the Little Owl for year ticks. then the first Nightjar is heard, just a quick call at first then it goes quiet for 20 minutes or more, then we start to hear the churring of a few more, this time they are really going full blast, we cup our ears & the sound magnifies, on the edge of the forest now in the dark the sound is fantastic to hear.
With all the other sounds going on this  makes it well worth the trip just to stand & listen & to have heard the target bird so clear & loud has made it a good night, but as we start to head back to the car 2 Nightjars fly up no more then a few yards away from us, all three of us get a great view as they  fly  up into the light just above the trees. What a bonus.
Another year tick for all of us this time, so 2 ticks for the trip gets me up to 236 for the year.