The day started out bright and sunny but with the cold easterly wind still prevalent; I decided on a walk around the patch am to try and add a few of the expected spring arrivals; 3 Sedge Warblers were singing along with the Reed Warbler from the 5th, two fly over Yellow Wagtails were also new and two Whimbrel flew east late am; the Ring Ouzel was still present along with 3+ House Martins and good numbers of Willow Warblers and Sand Martins; there was one Long-tailed Duck remaining on the sailing pit plus a few Goldeneye but otherwise it was a little quiet. Deciding to do some survey work in the afternoon the inevitable text arrived announcing the presence of three Garganey at Far Ings. Garganey is a funny species missed in some years and occurring in good numbers in others but as the rain set in I thought it best to check whether they were still present; on entering the hide they were slap bang in front of it but in the dull, grey light and rain I had left the camera in the car! a quick jog and some decent images were bagged along with year list addition number 129.
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Would have contacted you at 10 this am when I first saw them, but didn't have your number. Thought you may have been the photographer upstairs, but didn't like to ask! Your pics may have been taken in bad light, but they're better than mine taken in good light, which I thought were good enough to be the star bird on today's blog - I can only improve!
Michael
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