After a weekend birding at Thornton Moor, Paul Clough twice, Fly Flatts twice, Leeshaw reservoir and the Wheatear field the star bird was in my front garden at midday today.
Just going to get our dinner when I looked out of the front window to see a single Waxwing in the Hawthorns munching on apples. Up the stairs 3 at once and back with the camera in time to get some shots through the window before it left, luckily posing on the wall first.
Late afternoon saw me back to Fly Flatts to try re-locate this mornings Ring Ouzel but the weather turned horrendous with the SW gale still blowing and torrential rain showers so after half an hours drenching moved on again to Paul Clough with the same effects and absolutely no birds, not even a Wheatear so it was head for home.
A check of the trailer park field on the way home failed to produce the goods.
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