Yeah, I know it doesn't look like it, but I have been out birding the last week a few times, but I simply couldn't make a worth while blog entry!!... (Except one morning I did have a full summer pl. Bar-tailed Godwit!!! - is this the same bird that's been hanging round??... No idea, could easily be a new bird as it had disappeared by 9am!!)...
Several visits to VP resulted in not a single note-worthy bird, a visit to the Wrekin did at least result in 1 female Redstart & 1 Wood Warbler!! (both year ticks), then yesterday I scored a surprise year tick with a lone Turlte Dove at Raebrook valley en route shopping with Mand!!
So, with still a few day's still left in May I'm on 152 species ( a full 11 species ahead of my 2008 county year list by this time!!), on my county year list with at least 2 ticks still to get (Mandarin & Spotted Flycatcher), plus then some summer & early autumn birds, ie: Nightjar (hopefully!!), Blackwit, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Med. Gull... etc. Still aint had a Little Owl yet either!!! Need to try & grip back Black Tern in autumn too!!... So, 160 is well on, but I'll need at least 10 more seriously good ticks on top of these to reach my hoped target of 170!!!
It's been hard to keep to my 'no twitching' rule for this year, I have now turned down multiple offers of lifts to see amazing birds like Subalpine Warbler, Collared Flycatcher, Crested Lark, Black-winged Pratincole, Collared Pratincole & Squacco Heron - all lifers for me!!!
Tuesday, 26 May 2009
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