A day of jobs, however when news broken of two White-winged Black Terns at Draycote it was too tempting not to go and hope they would still be there. There were and good views of both, very smart birds, were had. Too far off for a photo though whilst I was there.
I saw a WWBT many years ago at Stanford reservoir, a single, which I reported. In those days it was a national rarity, however the national record committee did not accept my record, no idea why. The very following day the length and breath of the country had one of the largest falls of WWBTs ever recorded, so mine must have been a forerunner.
In the village The Pied Wagtail pair are now feeding young. This evening a Sparowhawk dashed through, 6-8 Swallows gave chase, plus the wagtails, it now has an escort 'out' party when it appears in the village.
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