Not much birding time this late afternoon due to living room walls staring at me waiting to be papered so it was a trip round Green Lane to check out Tracys Goldfinch flock which has now got to over 70 birds, several being young and still being fed.
You were right about the photos being hard to take Tracy, I took a load of them on the ground, on the Thistles and on the trees and they were all rubbish.
With a good west wind blowing I thought it may get some raptors up but on arrival at Ringby Top I had under estimated the strength of the wind blowing W>6-7 so empty skies.
A check on the quarry found up to 60 Linnets moving around in the quarry itself and several more feeding on the mounds of rubble. Surprisingly no Wheatear or Chats around in a perfect habitat but when walking back I saw a single bird on the wire fencing but very distant. With several Linnets round I nearly dismissed it but half heartedly lifted the bins and Bingo, my first Whinchat of the year.
Tried for some shots but at that distance I ended up with record shots only.
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