A long walk around the hills this morning with dreams of shrikes and harriers. Did not find any of those but a pair of birds seen from the B655 just east of Barton-le-Clay were self found for the year - but I am not intending to count them on the list. I don't think they were wild vagrants from the US and were probably too fat to have made the trans-Atlantic crossing but they were wary and scarpered off through the hedge when I got out of the car...
Christmas did come this afternoon though with the sight of a Tree Sparrow on my garden fat ball feeder, a garden mega ! and a Beds self found year tick too which will save me a lot of potential walking in trying to collect before the year end. Hopefully it will stick around, can I then count it for next year too please ?
Hmmmm, a fabulous garden tick...but would your garden be a private site Mr Grimsey?
ReplyDeleteHmmmm, a fabulous garden tick...but would your garden be a private site Mr Grimsey?
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome to drop in for a coffee if you are down this way, so... no
ReplyDeleteSeems churlish to take this one away from you on this basis as its such a fine record... Next bird club outing in your garden then.
ReplyDeleteI agree- I heard a rumour that there was once a Black Redstart in said Wychwood Avenue garden. Though I've never heard the very modest Mr. Grimsey mention it! Well he hasnt this week anyway.
ReplyDeleteI see what you've done there Richard- same comment- different post- save yer keyboard eh?- like it......
Did I mention my two Waxwing and two Reed Warbler records, including the one that was singing from the bamboo next to my pond and my midnight flyover Cuckoo? oh and I had a Black Redstart one evening too (but not yet photographed a Turtle Dove on my garden fence as I would have plastered every birds blog and website in Beds with that one)
ReplyDeleteTurkey-lurkey - I love 'em!
ReplyDeleteNo Turtle Dove either, and not enough IT skill to boast about it on a multi-blog level.
ReplyDelete......and yes, yes I've heard the Reed Warbler and Cuckoo stories- they've become north Luton legends.
I nicked a Reed Warbler for my own garden list this year (#101), but still waiting for 'that' Black Redstart. But when I do finally get it, everyone will know about it........