Swallowl

No, not a spoling mustike, but a carefully crafted title that combines this evening's two highlights at WHBP; Crammy Birder's pale SEO (Asio flammeus allottii), which, as it approaches head-on does initially suggest Barn Owl and over the main Flash, a dozen or so Swallows.  Top drawer!

You don't get anything for a pair......................

...................not in this game!  Oh, the wit of Sir Brucie Forsyth!  Comic genius!

Anyway, you do get a lot for a pair, especially when they are Avocets.  Quick trip to Cresswell was a success this afternoon, and I dropped in at the spit where the Sleekburn meets the river.  No Whimbrel nor Egrets nor Spotty (but I did meet the guy who posted them yesterday) just few hundred Redshank, a dozen Shelduck, one Ringed Plover, one Bar-tailed Godwit, a dozen Turnstone, three Mute Swans and a hod of Curlew.

And I found this on youtube just now - Davy Tee when he realised he could get out today and try and tick the GGS at Harwood.  I am looking for the clip of when he got home, which I am sure was a little more subdued!

Nice to see ya; to see ya...........................

...................nice!  And no, this link isn't me.

Let's 'ave a look at the old scoreboard.......................Year List now 132.

This morning's 'nice to see' moment was a male Blackcap at the west end of Horton Burn (where the two footpaths meet) before it goes under Crowhall Lane. 

I was first alerted by his song, then his repeated 'ticking' within an ivy-like bush, then voila - there he was.

Superb!