Any thoughts of easing off on the birding have been temporarily shelved due to a continuing trickle of birds of interest.
While we were enjoying the delights of Morton Bagot on Sunday morning, an Osprey put in an appearance at Lower Bittell. You may recall I went there on Saturday afternoon on the off chance the Earlswood bird had gone there. Evidently it had. Unfortunately an Osprey was seen over Belvide Res in Staffs an hour or so after the Bittell sighting. It may not have been the same bird, but has made me think twice about a second visit to Lower B.
This morning, as I returned from a relatively fruitless visit to Morton Bagot (three Avocets, 46 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, and 10 Herring Gulls), a Whatsapp message caused me to dash to Earlswood.
Ok I admit Redshank is not a bird most people would twitch, but in this corner of Warwickshire/Worcestershire it could be the only one of the year. It was a bit flighty, but eventually it settled on the shingle spit where close views revealed it to be a juvenile.
I wonder how far it had travelled before discovering Earlswood? Probably not far.
I've had a nice garden tick this week. The micro White Plume is not a rare moth (I've even seen one at Morton Bagot) but a spot of gardening yesterday was paused as I rushed for a pot.
So it's back to catching up on football highlights and lost sleep for me for the next few days. Probably.
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