When late news broke of a Wryneck at the London Wetland
Centre I was dreading today! The bird would remain and be on view and I would
not be able to get out to add it to my VC17 Surrey total. I have missed
several birds over the years through being abroad. I also missed the Beddington
Farm bird that was caught in the nets having arranged to go out for the day
with a girlfriend (an ex!). I remember the news breaking as I was sat on a
train. Tough times!
The Wryneck did remain and by a non serious quirk of fate my hospital
run was delayed by a few hours! With no time to lose I was making my way back
to LWC to find out the bird had not shown since 1000hrs. The likely scenario
was it was sitting tight in a bush having been spooked by a crow. I gained a
prime viewing position in the hide as people drifted away and waited!
The bird appeared near the first post along the fence-line
right in front of my position. Fantastic! Some 100 shots later and my first SVC
Wryneck was in the bag.
This was my 238 VC17 Surrey species and one I was relieved
to have finally caught up with! The VC17 top listers page is on the dashboard to this blog.I am hoping my next tick will be Stone Curlew another species I keep missing for similar reasons!
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