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Sunday, 19 June 2022

Another Bout Of Braised Birding

35C again today and this just has to stop before vital organs do. I must state out of fair play that the reserve does not charge an entrance fee before my latest moan, which is:
5 years ago one could enter and exit the Alcudia end by a gate which is now locked up 🤬. Luckily I can still climb 🧗‍♀️ twist and turn in order to save an extra couple of mile.

Best Bird has got to be a pr GC Grebe 🤓. I even managed two Blackbird but the much vaunted Dunnock let me down 😢.
Otherwise it was 🏃‍♂️ of the mill stuff with nothing exciting on show. 4 Kentish & c10 LR Plover. Usual BW Stilts, Avocets Glossy Ibis (yawn) & Egrets. Another Marsh Harrier. The Great Reed Warbler still going berserk and despite the distance I’m leaning more in the direction of singing Savi’s Warbler regarding the two reedy inhabitants mentioned previously 🤪.

I wonder is it an ego issue to publish one’s mistake? On the 15th I reported a Marbled Teal (having had them here). Well the  blighta showed well today and looked remarkably like f  Red-crested Pochard 🥸.
I had a stroke of luck, one of the Red-knobbed Coot pair was feeding at close range. More may follow…