The title of this blog comes from the fact that I spent the morning gardening, gaining lots of brownie points, but no patchwork challenge points. The nearest I came was a fly-over Grey Wagtail, which I had ticked yesterday.
The afternoon involved a trip to Webbs, where I deposited Lyn and her friend Maureen, allowing me an hour and a half to visit my old stamping ground, Upton Warren. I reasoned I only had time to visit either the Moors Pool, or the Flashes, and plumped for the former.
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| The Moors Pool |
As expected the pool was awash with birds, including several hundred Black-headed Gulls preparing to roost and about 60 Shovelers. From Lapwing Hide (as it is now called) I had great views of a small party of Curlews which were also preparing to roost.
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| Curlew |
A Little Egret was a bit too distant for an acceptable photograph, so I settled for one of the Oystercatchers which had returned last week.
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| Oystercatcher |
Other birds recorded which I would be delighted to find on either of my two local patches included a couple of Cetti's Warblers, a squealing Water Rail, and a flotilla of Pochard.
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| Pochard |
I didn't see anyone I knew, but chatted to a guy who told me that the first Avocets of the year had returned to the Flashes today. I could have dashed to see them, but decided not to bother.
It will be interesting to see what scarce birds this year brings to Upton Warren.
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