Today was WeBS day
at Beddington Farm. An early start did not put me at any great advantage as it
was chucking it down with rain. I took refuge in the hide with David “Devilbirder”
Campbell until the worst of the weather had past. David and I then headed in
opposite directions. I prefer to start the counts at 100 Acre and move south
covering the lakes mound and finishing in the SE corner.
It was not too long
before the group whatsapp was whistling in my pocket and David had seen a
Whimbrel that was clearly looking for some sanctuary around the edges of the
South Lake. The bird set down and being at the furthest point away from the
lakes I continued counting.
By the time I had
reached the North Lake the thought of seeing this bird had disappeared from my
mind. I moved on to the South Lake when I saw David at the gates with Christian.
This was a new Farm species for Christian so I joined them briefly whilst
completing the counts on the South Lake.
The bird had
re-located itself on the mound close to the freshly ploughed area by a group of
saplings that were still in their protective casings. This provided ideal cover
to get closer and get some shots having made a real dogs dinner of taking pictures during a brief period of flight!
That was a pleasant
surprise and thanks to some eagle eyed spotting by David, Christian added
another to his total!
WeBS day has a habit
of turning up a surprise Woo Hoo!
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