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Sunday 26 August 2012
More St. Mary's Surprises 26/8/12
I decided to get up this morning to go in search of long-tailed skuas, got to the seawatching hide at 7am, but by 8:30am I had seen nothing of note apart from 4 arctic skuas so I decided to check the willows for warblers. On my way in, I spotted a reed warbler and a chiffchaff, a good sign! After seeing little else, I decided to try the stiles, and within 5 minutes of watching, I spotted a little warbler, and after getting it in the binoculars, I noticed a bright yellow supercilium and immediately thought yellow-browed, but on further inspection, it only had 1 wingbar, and just as I went for my camera, it flew off - damn! After searching for another 15 minutes, I heard a high pitched call, Greenish Warbler!! After running around the corner and over the stile, I was photographing the little beauty! After reporting it and texting a few people, I had Mike Hodgson listening to my recording, and he confirmed my ID. Patch tick number 144, and my rarest yet!
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Great find Jack (and nice pics too!)
ReplyDeleteCheers Alan, did you get it in the end?
ReplyDeleteTop stuff Jack
ReplyDeleteWell done Jack........AND some good light for a cracking image. BINGO.
ReplyDeleteCracking photo Jack, a nice find indeed.
ReplyDeleteA great find Jack,well done! It was a species likely to arrive and you were the one to find one,excellent. Cracking pics too.
ReplyDeleteAlan S. Jack.
Get in there Jack, a great bird to open your rarity batting! Here's to many more to come...
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments everyone, can't wait for my next one!
ReplyDeleteNice one Jack! Congratulations on the find and the fab pics
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