Finished my shift at the factory at 2pm and by 3pm I was out in the lovely crisp sunny day. I shot up to Burnley to see if I could dodgyscope (with a borrowed camera) the waxys.
Tada! I got lucky! They were back at the conservative club, not in the rowans at Hargreaves.
No sooner had I fired off 4 shots and they were away, leaving another birder, who had just pulled-up, with no prize.
I decided to push my usually terrible luck, with a visit to Hollins farm for the Great grey shrike. Scored a strike with the shrike too!!!!
I viewed the bird for quite a while, but it wouldnt come any closer due to annoying dog-walkers. Not just normal dog-walkers...the type that feel the need to make as much noise a possible down country lanes.
Still....delighted to have scored twice in this, the best weather we've seen this year.
Bad news - I saw a dead badger next to the road in Simonstone village.
Other news - the little owl across the road from the house was calling in broad daylight today.
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