Valentine's Park Turtle Dove.

We take a quick local visit to Ilford's Valentine's Park arriving around 8 o'clock & heading down to the pond where the Turtle Dove had been seen on Sunday.
A flock of Collared Dove fly up & away over the trees & we suspect the Turtle Dove had gone with them, we are joined by a few birders & walk the park for 3 hours before the Doves start to drop back onto the Island in the middle of the pond.
After a short wait Jimmy spots the target bird on the waters edge where it hung about for 5 minutes before flying into the middle of the Island & was lost to sight for the remainder of the time we spent here.Only 5 miles to drive home with another unexpected year tick.

The Turtle Dove