We were lucky to get early access with our Thames Water permit otherwise we'd have needed to wait for the car park to open at 9.30am. (Wildlife reserve...9.30am really???)
Whilst making a coffee on getting home I had my first Blackcap of the year too when a female dropped into the garden to feed on my apples before getting spooked by a Woodpigeon.
so the year list now sits at 150 in 21 days and a reasonable start to 2018.
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| Distant Little Bunting |
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| Blackstart |
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| and not a meal worm in sight! |
I saw it, Brian, at 1:50 p.m. or so with probably eight other birders, in a small window between quite thick snow and an incessant drip-drip-drip of rain; there had been about three and a half hours between when it was seen last in the morning until our sighting. I am also pretty sure it was not seen for the rest of the day, even though we all saw where it dropped. It's a pretty wonderful species to have seen in London. A Common redshank flew over to, but I assume that's already in your 150.
ReplyDeleteWell played Terence, glad you got to see it as it is quite difficult to get on and yes I do have Redshank on the 150.
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