It gets to 10 o'clock when Jimmy calls out that Waxwings are in Chingford only a couple of miles from my house.
So off we go & find them straight away, 5 birds spotted in the treetop & dropping down to feed on some Berries in a garden, we take photos, then head home job done another year tick.
It is now 11 o'clock when Brian phones to say do we want to go to Therfield for the Great Grey Shrike.
Not knowing where this is I ask how long to get there, I am told it's only about an hour away.
So dinner has to wait & off we go up the A10 it is only an hour to get there, but it takes a good hour to locate the right place to see the bird.It is called Icknield way.
We walk a very long way down a muddy trail & scan all the bushes, with the wind blowing a gale the bird is not going to come out today.
As we walk back we see over 50 Yellow Hammers.
Off home with no sighting of the target bird, nobody said it was easy, on the way down the A10 Jimmy spots 3 Grey Partridge in a field, Brian spins the car round to go back to make sure, they are indeed what Jimmy thought he saw, that's another year tick so great.Also seen 2 Red Kites, & 3 Buzzards spotted on the drive home.
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| This mornings birds |
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| Waxwings |
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