News broke on sunday night that a Dusky thrush had been found by a local birder Rachel Jones in the village where she lives,Beeley in Derbyshire.The bird had been seen in an orchard near Dukes Barn activity centre.I was really tempted to go and see this bird even though I had seen the Margate bird in 2013 as it was only an hours drive from where I work.After the bird had been reported again on Monday morning and arrangements had been sorted for birders to enter the centre I made plans to travel across after finishing my night shift in the morning.
I left off work at 7.30am and soon made my way across to Beeley in thick fog arriving just before 9.00am.It wasn't long before the Dusky thrush showed in the orchard feeding on apples.
MY 2ND DUSKY THRUSH FOR BRITAIN
The bird only showed for a couple of minutes before flying.I spent a further couple of hours trying to get some better photos of the bird but it became really elusive and spent time flying around the village perched up high in trees.I made my mind up i'd travel back home,shattered but well worth the trip to see this mega Siberian vagrant.
This is the 12th record of Dusky thrush for Britain.The previous records are below:
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