'New' site, new target
Gordon Hay alerted me to it. Or rather, Gordon reminded me of it. "Can you see the far bank of Buckland Sand Pit from Colley Hill?" he asked me on the phone last night. "Yes." I replied, "I was looking over that way from the hill on Sunday but didn't have a scope with me. If I did I'm sure larger stuff like wildfowl would be identifiable." "Is it in your 2015 patch?" "Geographically yes, although, as you know, you cannot gain access to them, so they didn't come into my thoughts." "Well in that case go back and take your scope and look - there were at least 60 Wigeon feeding on the grassy bank today" Wigeon! A bonus species if ever there was one. I needed no more excuse to head back to Colley Hill with scope and tripod. Accompanying me was brother-in-law Bill, who, although not a birder, is used to my ways and enjoys being out in the countryside whatever the reason. Now, I must admit to feeling a bi...