In order to try to keep up and strengthen up some ticks, I
have been poking around in the brick pits on the last two Saturday mornings. A
cold and gloomier morning on the 14th brought me a couple of Little
Gulls on the Pillinge which left eastwards 25 minutes before two identical
birds arrived at Broom. Also my first two Groppers and an early Lesser
Whitethroat to add to a handful of other expected new visitors and a good look
at a Slav Grebe of course. Thought I had caught a nice photo of this as well
until a couple of minutes after posting on Bedsbirds Images Blog when some
others images appeared and I realised that in comparison it was sh*t.
This morning, 21st, a Cettis warbler singing at
the far western end of Brogborough was a proper self-find to add to the weak
previous claim on the unmissable three that I have had within MVCP. A Common
Sandpiper flitting across the water from the bricks in the SE corner of the
lake was also a good list padder as these are not a species you can just go out
and get.
The other weaker tick I had for the list this year was LRP
at Broom, for which I have taken a couple of barbed comments, so it was good to
come across two of my own on new sites for me this morning. One individual was
on the MVCP Pillinge and another was found on the flattened rubble of a
previous industrial complex. A nice morning to be out with plenty of warblers
now in and singing and my first Cuckoo of the year as well…
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