Hey up folks you'll never guess who I bumped into at Utch on Friday, none other than "Fast" Eddie Fox finder of both The Shrike and Dipper! Despite it being to say the least a bit damp old Edward still had his trusty trainers on but with his socks tucked in to keep the damp out!!!! While Eddie was gripping me off about the shrike he also slipped in the fact that he'd had a LITTLE OWL in the same area as the shrike!!! Bloody hell talk about rubbin' it in! Little Owl is still an Utch Mega and a definite blocker. In fact if it's true that Buzzards are scoffin' Little Owls on sight it could turn out to be the first and last record!
Yesterday was a complete blank on the birdin' front with a spot of the dreaded DIY early on with the help of Jans old man "Our Graham". How any one can enjoy DIY is beyond me I absolutely detest it and can not for the life of me understand how anyone can waste their precious spare time trawlin' around the likes of Wickes! I'd rather have me cream crackers removed with a hot blunt knife! As if that wasn't enough I then ended up goin' xmas shoppin' with our jan followed by an evening of ####### X Factor! Thankfully there was enough amber nectar on hand to dull both my senses and the pain of this #####.
Two visits to Utch today produced one or two bits and bobs but nothin' new for the Utch yearlist. One surprise this evening was several flocks of Starlings goin' overhead some of which ended up roosting in the tiny strips of phraggy that run along the edge of the quarry works.
0745-1020
Dipper 1, Golden Plover 61, Green Sand' 1, Snipe 4, Dunlin 2, Teal 12, Goosander 3, Cormorant 32, Raven 2.
1430-1645
Dipper 1, Kingfisher 1, Barn Owl 1, Curlew 4, Dunlin 2, Golden Plover 19, Goosander 14,
That's all folks.
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