3 Square Premier: Channel Wagtail and the century!

Thursday 28 April 2011

Channel Wagtail and the century!

Having missed part of the Easter weekend travelling back from Islay I was back on patch on the 23rd and there had been a bit of a clear out with many of the Blackcaps, Whitethroats and Rouzels no longer about. Lound Lakes was pretty quiet on the wildfowl front but the female Black Redstart was still kicking around as was a Wheatear and a singing Lesser Whitethroat.

As soon as I entered the patch on the west side of Hopton to year ticks appeared, another Lesser Whitethroat and a very vocal Sedge Warbler. It was pretty quiet after that, apart from a pair of Grey Partridge at the sewage works and a male Ring Ouzel near the old sewage works, while on the butterfly front amongst the more common species there were many Orange Tips about and I bagged a butterfly tick in the shape of a Green Hairstreak at the Sewage Works!

Monday the 25th again was very quiet with little new making an appearance (except Mute Swan on Lound Lakes!). As I walked along the coast path north of Corton I noticed a Yellow Wgtail on the pitch n'putt course, then another and another! There were nine in total and one I suspected was a Blue-headed, but upon closer inspection (and with the help of the Lounge Lizards) it turned out to be a Channel Wagtail! Basically a washed out Blue-headed!!!! Nice all the same but no extra points! The weekend ended with me breaking through the 100 point barrier, 101pts so far.