Twitch mode is continuing with rarities still turning up in Dorset. A Red Eyed Vireo was trapped in the nets at Durlston Country Park and released in to a copse at the Visitor Centre Car-park. I had spoken to Pete Coe and Dave Bishop and they had an update that the bird was showing every fifteen minutes!
It wasn’t long before I was heading to Durleston Country Park
hoping to add this species to my UK tally! I have seen this species at Laguna
Blanca in Paraguay and in Colombia but a couple of Cornish birds had eluded me
in years past!
There were a few birders present on my arrival. The bird was showing
briefly as it slowly moved through the branches in the sycamore trees disappearing
then re-appearing in the same area approximately 45 minutes later. The bird did
not show again for most of the afternoon!
I was glad I made the journey in this direction despite the Red
Necked Grebe still being present at Portland Castle! I have seen pictures and
this bird has a large heavy bill which may suggest it could be an American
Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps griseigena holboellii).
I will have to look for this bird tomorrow just in-case something
comes of the identity further down the line!
