Friday, 30 August 2019

Holland Haven for 2 Wrynecks.

A text from Brian tells us a Wryneck had been reported at Holland Haven park. 20 minutes later we are heading up the A 12 towards Clacton.
We had dipped one on Monday when we shot over to Hornchurch country park after one had been reported there, but when we got there it didn't look right & apart from topping up the sun tan we got nothing out of the trip.
The trip is not to far 60 miles or so. We park in the car park & see a few people over looking the Dell that is by the toilet block, so things looking good but it took another 90 minutes before we got a first sighting of the Wryneck.
It is just a quick glimpse in flight to give us another year tick.
We spend another two hours here & get rewarded when the bird kept flying down to feed on some steps & looked at home till a lady needed to use the steps as it lead to the toilets & that sent the bird flying away.
Before we head for home we get to see the bird fly back to the trees by the steps & as we scan we spot another Wryneck sitting just a matter of inches away, I don't remember ever seeing two together before so a real bonus.
One of the Wrynecks
Just about spot the second Wryneck

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