NEARLY SPRING

Since my last post its been tough trying to add new species to the #PWC list. As we leave March and head into April all I've managed to grip is a calling Pheasant and a nearly miss Wheatear.
Take this Saturday, I spent a good two hours thrashing the flashes and did a full 360' of both Neumann's and Ashton's in doing so I missed out on walking the bund...fatal!!
The local grapevine alerted me to 4 Ruff...an LRP...and a Wheatear all seen from the Bund whilst I was trudging the perimeter..doh!
I got one of the three namely the Wheatear as the Ruff it seemed had flown straight through and the LRP was not on show. Could this be a lesson for the future? Bund birdings better...we shall see.

Spring migrants have sort of started to come through with the most obvious being Chiff Chaff heard calling from all corners of the flashes...

Not much else though but with what is probably one of the most exciting months to come on the patch (April) I could reach the dizzy heights of the 100 club before May...bring it on!

Lesser Pecker was always going to be a big ask away from Marbury CP but with one heard again drumming in the Forge Brook Wood area you just never know. I did hear a rather weird woody drumming on what seemed to be a metal pipe...ding..ding..ding!! and yes there he was drumming out his territory signature on the metal cross beam of a nearby power line (that's got to hurt some)...bizarre stuff.

One day to go till the 1st of April, I'd be a fool not to thrash the patch one more time...roll on Spring.

#PWC   83 species    89 points

TTFN