A quick visit to Kenfig this Wednesday afternoon brought good views of several birds, including a rare "peep", and a Mr Slocombe, the latter resplendent in "skiving off work" plumage, and fetching wellies.
The
White Rumped Sandpiper, for that is what it was (oh, you guessed) showed to a few yards.
From the South Hide, a
Water Rail showed well, and the enigmatic birder known only as "GP" asked if we'd seen the
Med Gull, we hadn't, but I did, distantly, and whilst I was watching it through the scope, back over near the peep, a
Dartford Warbler popped up out of the gorse, briefly. Nine
commas in one sentence, wow! Some people don't see that many
butterflies in a summer.
Enough nonsense, another picture:
And this one, without the scope, the old fashioned way, just point the camera at the bird:
No it's not shy, but it did crouch down low when a
Carrion Crow flew nearby, a defence mechanism against predators?
Will the
Spotted Sandpiper winter in Lisvane? Possibly, and then leave just before getting interesting and spotty.
The White Rumped Sandpiper, for that is what it was (oh, you guessed) showed to a few yards.
From the South Hide, a Water Rail showed well, and the enigmatic birder known only as "GP" asked if we'd seen the Med Gull, we hadn't, but I did, distantly, and whilst I was watching it through the scope, back over near the peep, a Dartford Warbler popped up out of the gorse, briefly. Nine commas in one sentence, wow! Some people don't see that many butterflies in a summer.
Enough nonsense, another picture:
And this one, without the scope, the old fashioned way, just point the camera at the bird:
No it's not shy, but it did crouch down low when a Carrion Crow flew nearby, a defence mechanism against predators?
Will the Spotted Sandpiper winter in Lisvane? Possibly, and then leave just before getting interesting and spotty.
1 comment:
More gripping of the Twitchmeister and his dad!
Ticked the GP at Coed-y-Bedw last year, but no further sightings since.
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