Spent a few hours this morning birding with Malc Curtin on my old patch, Marbury County Park. We were hoping to see the Bittern, but it looks like it's moved on after not being seen for over a week now. We gave it a good go but were only rewarded with a calling Water rail. The rest of the morning was just spent wandering around, taking a few photos.
Beautiful Day on Patch
Great Crested Grebe
Reed Bunting
Nuthatch
Robin
Grey Heron
After a good walk around the patch, I moved on to Newchurch Common, where I soon found the red-headed Smew. The bird was always asleep, and I had to leave as the heavens opened and the light was too bad to get any decent photos.
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 Smew
Just as I was leaving, I got a text from Malc to say the Northern Harrier had been accepted onto the British list, which was a nice armchair tick that had taken five years to go on. Happy Days!
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