Jane Turner
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I got up at 4am... and after a quick cup of tea, went in search of breeding Grasshopper warbler on my tetrad for the beeding survey.... I failed to find one, but while sneaking about on the Royal Liverpool Golf Course, I gave myself kittens by standing on a male Nightjar It flopped out from under a bush and disappeared over the side of the dunes... I ran to the top but couldn't find it - my guess is it doubled back round into a patch of Corsican Pines a little further up onto the course.
I pressed on with my survey and on my second golf course found a pair of breeding Tree Sparrows which was a very pleasant surprise!
Nightjar was my 244th (BOU) species for Red Rocks, and the 260th species recorded there.
I average less than one new species a year, the last few being White-winged Black Tern July 03, Pheasant Sept 02, White-rumped Sandpiper Sept 00, Hawfinch Oct 99 and Alpine Swift April 98.
Verily I am a happy bunny!
I pressed on with my survey and on my second golf course found a pair of breeding Tree Sparrows which was a very pleasant surprise!
Nightjar was my 244th (BOU) species for Red Rocks, and the 260th species recorded there.
I average less than one new species a year, the last few being White-winged Black Tern July 03, Pheasant Sept 02, White-rumped Sandpiper Sept 00, Hawfinch Oct 99 and Alpine Swift April 98.
Verily I am a happy bunny!