Third time fortunate! I’ve had three goes at including this species to my 12 months checklist, dipping at Holkham and Lackford. When the pager introduced final evening {that a} drake was simply up the street, I resolved to dress early and go for a take a look at first gentle. A cautious scrutiny of the huge flock of Wigeon on the primary pool (the place RBA was reporting the chook) revealed only a few Teal and positively not the one I used to be searching for. I used to be nearly to depart when Native birder Dave Edwards arrived, with the information that the teal had been – and possibly nonetheless was – on the Mill Pool, not the place RBA claimed.
A trudge eastwards and a cautious search gave the impression to be fruitless, till Dave discovered the chook asleep underneath a distant financial institution. Different birds of be aware have been 100+ Black-tailed Godwits, a number of Stonechats and a flock of Fieldfares.
