dipped Icterine and RBFly yesterday afternoon but managed to see a female Pied fly and the worlds largest female Hen Harrier lol.

Rob

Quiet morning at Inner Marsh Farm Cheshire yesterday. Highlights were a single singing Chiffchaff and 12 Snipe.

Snipe 12
Ruff 5
Black-Tailed Godwit 4
Sparrowhawk 1 male causing havoc.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Chiffchaff 1

After an extremely chilly night I woke this morning just before dawn to a fogged in marina and to be honest almost turned over for an extra hours kip!
I made my way to Brandon just before sun up, playing the usual dare with the many rabbits and pigeons on route and arrived around 15 minutes before sunrise.

Read on... http://www.keithsbirding.blogspot.com/

After that remarkable days birding at Brandon, documented in my previous post, things have certainly remained on the quiet side ever since with little in the way of migrants!
That said I did receive a text from JR on Tuesday morning informing me of a juvenile Ruff on East Marsh Pool. Unfortunately I was celebrating mums 89th in Liverpool at the time and was unable to get the tick on what would have been another Brandon first.

Read on... Birding Afloat

I've sent out invitations to some of our old Members to join us through Facebook.

Happily a lot of them are dropping in from all over the world and setting up new accounts on the forum.

You can visit our Birding UK and Ireland Facebook Group by clicking the link below...
Birding UK and Ireland Facebook Group.