Jimmy & I visited Crossness last Friday but dipped on the Penduline Tit. We spent over 5 hours looking for it,but we get no sight or sound of it at both the dipping pool or at the viewing screen.
We shot of to Redhill to Mercer's lake in Surrey which was about 35 miles away & got a nice year tick when we spot the Black-throated Diver in the middle of the lake but only after an hour or so of scanning all round the lake,it was hard to get any clear views as there are trees all around the lake & not many gaps to scan from,so nice of the Diver to surface out in the middle for us.
So today Brian thinks we should try again at Crossness for the Penduline. So we arrive about 7am & head straight to the screen.
We are the only ones looking for the first couple of hours & are rewarded with a flight view & call.
Later on a few more birders arrive & with more ears picking up the call we get a great view of the bird as it sits in a Hawthorn bush & then feeds on the reed mace to give a long view for us all.
Bearded Tits,Long-tailed Tits,Reed Bunting plus many Cetti's warbler.Also seen my first Chiffchaff of the year.
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| The Penduline in the Hawthorn |
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| The Black-throated Diver |
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| one of the Bearded Tits |
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