I went on one of the quickest twitches in
my birding career to Lychett Fields today. My quarry was a Hoopoe which was spending its third
day in the allotments. Time was not an issue but the behavior of birders was so
I ticked from distance (unlike some chasing the bird down the path) and ran. No
wonder birders are frowned upon and rarities are suppressed!
I zoomed back to the Water meadows to note more arrivals in
Greylag and Canada Goose. The water levels are on the rise which encouraged Mediterranean,
Black-headed, Common, Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls to wash up before
moving on.
I have corrected my raptor id from my last post. No wonder
the pigeons went crazy as the juvenile Goshawk flew over the meadows pursued by
a Raven! Could this be considered reverse stringing?!
I
tend to throw the camera at anything different which is why this puzzle was
easily resolved!
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