A beautiful day again today, far to nice to even think of a good bird poppin' in at Utch, and that's exactly what happened!!!! Naff all, not even a Greenshank or Whimbrel, both of which have been seen just over the Dove in the dark side. After the Wag' Fest passage seems to have come to a complete halt, either that or everything is just carryin' straight on overhead. One good thing though is as you can see from the picture, the pumps are goin' well and the water level is droppin' rapidly with several small islands now visible on the main pit and hopefully if the water levels continue droppin' we will finally get a really decent wader, one to get the armchair birders off their #####!
Even the one thing i did expect to appear, The Bare Arsed Knacker Flasher failed to show! For those who don't have a Scooby Doo what I'm goin' on about we have a local naturist at Utch who likes nothin' better than wanderin' round Utch completely bollocko on a warm Saturday afternoon! All he wears is a baseball cap and his shoes and the reason he wears a cap is to hide his Speedos under it for when he bumps into some poor sod. The first time me and RP bumped into him he was running on the spot starkers, ten seconds later he was two fields away with his Speedos on.
Goosander 17, Eurasian Teal 11, Mandarin 1, Shoveler 3, Goldeneye 1, Common Shelduck 3, Green Sand' 2, Oyst' 2, LRP one or two, Chiff' 2, Meadow Pip' 18.
That's all folks.
That photo is a lovely sight isn't it? That's reminds me, I need the loo!
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