Dotterel at Therfield Herts

An afternoon trip up the A10 after Jimmy had seen that some Dotterel's had been reported as being seen in a large bare field between Reed End & Therfield in Hertfordshire, it's about 35 miles away & we see all kinds of weather on the way sun, rain, hail & when we arrive & walk down to the corner of the field it's so cold.
Someone had put a grid reference on bird guides & that was a great help to us as the sat nav was finding it hard to get near the right place.
We turn up Mill Lane & drive to the end & park up, it's a short walk through a gap in the hedge that opened up onto a large rutted field, we see a couple of birders in the far corner of the field & along with two brothers we head down to them,really glad that they had the birds in sight & we are onto them for distant but great scope views of 2 Males & 2 really great looking female Dotterel.
By now we are a group of 8 people standing in freezing cold weather.
We see 4 Grey Partridge & flocks of Yellow Hammer. So a nice little easy trip for a good year tick.



                                                     

Way off shot of 2 of the Dotterel