Thick And Fast

After a four-day absence from WALBOC I had high hopes of a few year ticks in the form of migrants that had come in while I was away. First up and most expected was a Garden Warbler in the Marshes. I moved on up to Boldermere where the Boldermere blockbuster birds were in. Two Common Tern were on the rafts. I was hot and tired (it was the middle of the day and bloody hot) so I settled down in the shade to see what would turn up. After about fifteen minutes a very familiar falcon turned up. In no time at all I was watching five Hobby darting low overhead hawking. Brilliant views. I could see stuff was moving about so I settled down for a raptor watch but after a while none of the three hoped for raptors (marsh harrier, osprey and honey buzzard) showed. I moved back to the Airfield and something inspired me to check the farmhouse - I don't know what I was expecting. All I could see was House Sparrows so I turned to go back and was pleasantly surprised to see a male Whinchat flycatching. I enjoyed watching it for about half an hour and I let Gareth Lewis and Aaron Walker know about it before going home to recover from the blistering heat. Four ticks, good day.

WALBOC Patchlist: 102
WALBOC Yearlist: 98