string boozel
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Hello, just thought that I'd dust away the cobwebs on this neglected little part of the forum and include a few notes about my bird spotting jaunts around Northants.
My brother and I kicked things off by attempting to see the Great Grey Shrike near Deenethorpe though thick fog made the prospect seem a tad unlikely. Arriving early we were treated to an atmospheric sunrise and a few of the commoner farmland species before the shrike was found. I was pretty pleased as this was my first in the county since 1982! ( If you don't include the Long Buckby Steppe Grey )
Buoyed by our good fortune we headed off to Billing where a Ring-necked Duck had been reported. The fog here was atrocious, I may have seen the lake but of the duck there was no sign, the full English breakfast in the café was appreciated though.
Suitably fortified we then risked a trip to Clifford Hill where the fog parted long enough to reveal 6 drake and 1 duck Goosander and a Great White Egret. Lots of the commoner waterfowl and both winter thrushes helped bulk out the list.
Thickening fog scuppered our plans to visit Pitsford so we waved the white flag and headed home to the hallowed ground of Corby, the Pearl of Northamptonshire.
James.
My brother and I kicked things off by attempting to see the Great Grey Shrike near Deenethorpe though thick fog made the prospect seem a tad unlikely. Arriving early we were treated to an atmospheric sunrise and a few of the commoner farmland species before the shrike was found. I was pretty pleased as this was my first in the county since 1982! ( If you don't include the Long Buckby Steppe Grey )
Buoyed by our good fortune we headed off to Billing where a Ring-necked Duck had been reported. The fog here was atrocious, I may have seen the lake but of the duck there was no sign, the full English breakfast in the café was appreciated though.
Suitably fortified we then risked a trip to Clifford Hill where the fog parted long enough to reveal 6 drake and 1 duck Goosander and a Great White Egret. Lots of the commoner waterfowl and both winter thrushes helped bulk out the list.
Thickening fog scuppered our plans to visit Pitsford so we waved the white flag and headed home to the hallowed ground of Corby, the Pearl of Northamptonshire.
James.