I'm fortunate to be away from (most of) the madness being located out here on the East Coast of Yorkshire. I'm also very aware of the great job my sister is doing caring for my Mother in Lancashire. Both are well. I use social media VERY sparingly...mainly for bird information and family/friend updates. The search facilty helps avoid the rubbish. I don't do...news!
My wonderful hobby has obviously been affected. NDC is out for the moment and my beloved Texas holiday in April is also in jeopardy. So, it's heads down for Village Birding for the foreseeable. I have excellent walks and areas to cover from my front door on my permitted exercise. I'll just put walk from now on and drop the "exercise" hint! I should be able to pick up the odd species from the Cottage.
I'll figure out a reasonable target for January and see how close I can get to it. It'll keep me out of mischief. I might lose a bit of weight as well!
Following on from yet another mission statement I walked South on today's walk along the cliff down to Old Hive. No sign of any Shore Larks or Snow Buntings (probably blown into Lincs after the last two days!) so I headed for the copse. The wind was mercifully lighter today but there were several ominous clouds about. Richard had seen a Stonechat recently so I circled the trees trying to locate it. A distant movement...I raised my bins...Black Redstart (P.47, H.46)!
Nice surprise!
Pleased to "find my own" after seeing "Richard's" in the cliff paddock last April. Also a nice start to Lockdown walks. I did a circuit of the copse and grabbed a few images...
I also saw 2 Stonechats before returning home.
...but today's star was the BR...
VERY satisfying to find a "decent bird" here after countless visits over the years...
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