September 7th 2010

Decided to head to Shustoke this morning for a crack at the Little Stint in the good weather,however as i pulled into the car park a txt came thru from John Judge 'Red Necked Phal Draycote' Bugger so didnt even get out the car but made a steady journey over to Draycote & was soon at Farborough bank with JJ,Bob Hazell,Richard Mays,Terry Southgate already on the bird,a new Draycote bird,fantastic but distant!a late straggler 'Bob the birder' Duckhouse turned up & was soon on the bird after about 15mins Richard took a call to say Sandwich Tern off Draycote Bank a quick scan & a Warks tick for me in the bag(233)I decided to head off around the res to see if the Phal would come in closer (it did but not much,2 Record shots below! & before any of the photographers start panicking the bottom photo is a cheat from a few yrs ago of a juv i took in Norfolk) also had a flyover Grey Plover picked up superbly by Tim Marlow 1 Black Tern & 1 Arctic Tern (all in all a bloody good few hrs) got back home to an email letting me know the Stint had departed so the right move this morning!!!!

Red-necked Phalarope



Red-necked Phalarope