A light Northerly turning Westerly mid morning. Phil Chantler texted me at 5.55 am letting me know he’d found a Zitting Cisticola neat the monument at Bockhill, with the bird I found two years ago being a brief encounter I was keen to see it so made my way to the other side of the bay (thanks to a bit of help from Phil). Before long I heard and saw it well alongside Tony Morris, Jack Chantler and Nigel Jarman.
It went missing and we could not re locate it before leaving and as I type this hasnt been seen again. Whilst we were standing there I picked up a couple of Bee eater calls from an unseen bird. Nige heard the last of these too but none of us could locate it.
So that concludes spring for me. I travel to Switzerland this afternoon for 2 weeks work and will be back after summer solstice, hoping for southerly weather and HBs arriving.
Corn buntings seem to have taken a bit of a hit this year, hopefully not too hard.
PERDIX BIRDER 