A couple of hours spent walking around the woods trying to locate a Lesser spotted Woodpecker, we hear it at least 3 times & set about finding it, down at the back of valley the bird flies over our head & lands on a tree in front of us & flies off within seconds, so a tick but we would of liked a better view to go with the calls that we heard.
We meet a really nice fellow & get talking & he directs us to Broom pits in Gypsy Lane where he says we will get Little ringed Plover for sure.
He is right, when we are soon looking at maybe at least 6 plus a few Ringed Plover.
The pit is full of birds & we pick out a couple of Common Terns & a nice Yellow Wagtail gives us the fourth tick of the day, so well pleased to have visited this site, so thanks to the fellow for the tip.
Up early on Tuesday & head to Amwell for the Bluethroat, as it turns out we should of come as soon as we heard about it yesterday as we see no sign of the bird.
We do get a tick when we see some Sedge Warbler & a couple of faces that we know including John P & that is always a pleasure to see him.
Black- winged Stilt has been seen at Bowers Marsh so on Wednesday around dinner time we do the 30 miles & drive to the car park which is down a very rough track with the car bouncing about all over the place. Still all worth while when we get onto the Stilts straight away & it's nice to see Marco here.
So a nice three days birding with the weather getting better each day & another new place visited, & meeting up with some familiar faces ( nice ).
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| Black winged Stilt |
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| Yellow Wagtail |
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