Hoopoe at Snodland in Kent.

Jimmy & I leave at 7 o'clock & in under an hour we are in the golf club car park where the bird has been seen for some time now.
With Brian already been here & seen the bird this week we have a good idea of where to find the bird & his map puts us onto the target within a few minutes of arrival.
The bird is in the middle of the pasture behind Sandhole farm & we get over an hour of looking at this cracking Hoopoe, with it having been here for a weeks now there is not any body else here until a couple of fellows turn up just before we leave, they tell us they have been looking for the bird for over a couple of hours & they were really happy to spot us as they headed back to their car having given up the search, just shows you it helps to have sent out a scout if you want to save time.
Also seen in the same field a couple of Song Thrush & a Peregrine pays a visit and swoops down into the next field. So 2 really good year ticks in two days after seeing the Black-winged Stint at Bowers yesterday.

Under the Tree