Grey Day

 I joined Phil Rogers and Alan Shorrock for a walk around several county sites today in search of migrants. Reports of a Ring Ouzel, a Redstart and some Wheatears at Blueberry Farm near Maidwell were the catalyst for our journey though precise details of their location were lacking. It's quite a big area and our walk failed to produce any of the desired species, the occasional spot of rain coupled with the dip did little to lift our mood. As we prepared to leave a fly over Yellow Wagtail provided the only highlight.

Peregrine and Caspian Gull

Having decided that we hadn't suffered enough already we made the relatively short hop to Harrington Airfield. Sadly for us our fortunes did not improve by much and our woes continued. I managed to get a glimpse of a pair of Grey Partridges which were my first in the county for some time but the other chaps did not see them. I have very little luck with Harrington Airfield and things did not change today as we had a mostly unproductive wander around. Eventually we gave up and headed back to the car, a circling Peregrine did little to help polish what had been a Dame Thora Hird of an excursion. Our day did have a pleasant conclusion however when we popped into the Samuel Lloyd for a mood improving pint. No pics from today but I'll include a few shots from recent excursions,