I have just come back from the best morning I can remember on Wanstead Flats. The patch rules. This morning's haul is another Redstart, a Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Tree Pipit, 10 Whinchat, 4 Wheatear, and a multitude of common Warblers including Lesser Whitethroat. I am in a state of semi-shock. There is no point trying to make the blog interesting this morning, to add a tale of domesticity, or to give my thoughts on something irrelevant. This morning's fare will be a traditional birding blog - a list of birds that I saw. I said I would never do this, but this morning I can't think of anything to say other than "I saw all these birds and they were great". I could sign-off at this point, but I had a camera...
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Wow. Great photos.
ReplyDeleteI had a day like this outside Leeds late August in the 80's - the same mix of species, and loads of Whinchats. Every time I checked another hedgerow or field there seemed to be more migrants. 20 years later it remains my favourite day's birding.
Patch-birding has no equal
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