No more looking for the Pallid Harrier 6 dips is enough.

Jimmy & I meet up with Brian at 6 am but we had no idea where to head too, I suggest one last try for the Pallid at Flitcham.
So with no other suggestions coming forward we set of for one last try & the way the boys were talking it was the last time without any doubt.
We arrive just before 8 am to find birders already looking for the bird, one fellow had been on site since 7 am & had not seen any sign of it,so we give it another two hours of our time but once again the Harrier fails to show & as it turns out it never showed at all today.
The Golden Pheasant at Wolferton has also been avoiding us but we have to have another try as we had been told it was showing by people arriving at the Pallid watch.
Only 6 miles away we park up at the North West end of the triangle & only have to wait just a few minutes before it shows very well & it feeds on the grass verge & then walks across the road in front of us, this gives all of us the best view we have ever had of this bird in all the years that we have been coming to look for it.
Back for the very last time to Flitcham & we spend time watching Brambling, Tree Sparrow, Grey & Red-legged Partridge, Yellowhammer, Buzzard, Merlin, a couple of Barn Owls but of course no sign of the Pallid.
On the way back home we pick out Whooper & Bewick's Swan in the fields near to Welney, this is the year tick 3 for the day to take me to 132 for the new year.
Not one of the best days birding but we made the best of it & we did get to meet some nice people while wasting our time looking for the Harrier.

Golden Pheasant at Wolferton