❄️ 🌤 6C Monday 12th February 2018 ~ A mid-morning walk at Draycote Water for another look at the long-staying
Hawfinch but mainly for a year-tick
Tree Sparrow at the feeders. Only three
Tree Sparrows, mainly hidden to start, a few
Yellowhammers and
Reed Buntings ground feeding in the biting wind but patience paid off after a good twenty minutes.
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| Tree Sparrow Year-Tick! |
I did intend to complete a full circuit but around 12:30pm the phone lit up with a birdguides sighting.
Black-throated Diver at Albert Village again. I'd been hoping for this as I've only ever seen UK ones along the coast and so only an hours drive across to Leicestershire I couldn't really ignore it!
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| Juvenile Black-throated Diver |
I arrived around an hour later, parking up just offroad at Reservoir Hill and made my way down the track towards the water's edge. In fact, before I reached the viewing screen I could make out the bird roughly towards the middle near the large island. Job done really but I decided to take a walk around the perimeter, in the hope of being able to study the bird a little more and obtain some closer views.
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| Juvenile Black-throated Diver |
Although the bird never came too close during my stay, lots of dog walkers around and I think it might be half-term in the area I still managed a few acceptable record shots with the Canon SX50!
My BUBO year-list does not currently include American Horned Lark
