Keep 'em coming...

Post date: Mar 25, 2010 3:23:44 PM

Took a pre-work amble down Trimingham/sidestrand this morning where my target was going to be Ring Ouzel, well bugger me, no sooner did I get out of the car a smart male Ring Ouzel (FOTS) came in over my head and ditched into the bushes near the caravan park entrance! I then started to think bigger, with all this early arrivals, a Hoopoe, Red-rumped Swallow or even a Great-spotted cuckoo could well be on the cards! Unfortunately with the time available I found none of these, though vis mig was still heading east in the SSW breeze and I did manage Swallow(FOTS, and my earliest ever!) and 2 pairs of Great-crested Grebe offshore displaying.

The feel good birding has been somewhat dampened by the news early this week that our little dog Maddy is not in the best of health, and is now on a dog walking ban, with the day I've been dreading for a couple of years now, apparently down to months, maybe weeks, rather than years.