Birds have no idea of your plans for the day. Mine was to empty my moth trap and put my feet up to watch the T20 Finals day. Then I got a message from Rob W. There was a Phalarope on Upper Bittell and they were pretty sure it was Red-necked.
This would be the first one there since the 1970s, just before my twenty year stint as a regular there. Upper Bittell is just outside my 10k patch, but I had to go and see it.
I arrived to find a couple of birders watching it. One of them, SMW, pointed out where it was. It was on the Perch Bank, the closest part of the shingle to the dam, but still a bit too distant for a photograph.
I took some anyway.
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| It's in this shot, but good luck finding it. |
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| There it is. |
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| Maximum zoom. |
Also present, but even more distant, was a Wood Sandpiper, several Ringed Plovers, Common Sandpipers and Dunlins.
Yesterday Lyn and I decided we should do something with the numerous apples falling from our tree. We made chutney, and there was some left over after we ran out of jars so the moths benefited.
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| A Large Yellow Underwing says thank you very much |
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