Whixall Moss.

With a day off today I was trying to decide yesterday of what to do today... When a 1st w. male Siberian Thrush turned up outside Cley village yesterday I must admit I was tempted to go... But a Thursday is a day I have my daughter, so obviously it was too much to do in a morning (besides, I wanted a lie-in today!!).
.....(oh yeah, & as of 3pm today 'no sign' of the thrush... poor bugger's either karked it or done one....)

With the sun shining I thought a visit to Whixall was in order. I arrived late morning & set off across the moss. After around an hour I'd had bugger all, except quite a few Kestrel & Buzzard & of course the occaisional Crow or Raven. As I arrived on Fenn's I noticed a large bird in the distance flying low over the moss (I was hoping it was a SE Owl!!).... However, I had to settle for 2nd prize, but still very nice indeed, a ringtail Hen Harrier!!... I watched the bird for around 10-15 minutes, on & off, before pushing on.
By 2:30pm I'd had no sign of a SE Owl, & with time pressing I had to leave the mosses. I stopped off briefly to check the floods, only bird of note here was a lone Redshank.
Year ticks proving tricky at the mo, but soon enough they'll be coming thick & fast with all the spring arrivals!!... Cant wait!!!