Twitched the Roller from Trimley Marshes – a seriously crazy double twitch! Must be one of my best day's ever!!! Still there at 9.30pm. Thanks to Connor for the call, others who helped to re-find it and Steve G. for the lift! I can't really put today into words!!! I am so happy I could cry!
Lovely post Penny.
It summed up in one short paragraph, how uplifting this wonderful hobby of ours can be at times. For those dedicated enough, it really is an emotional rollercoaster ride of craziness, frustration, good times and bad times but when its good its VERY good and absolutely worth waiting for.
This is slightly leading up to a lesser, but very nice bird experience for me this morning. At 8.25 I was delivering the letters as usual in Long Stratton when a Rook alarm call alerted me to the presence of a very low down Red Kite wandering north over the village. I've seen several Red Kites in my area over the years but this was the first one I've actually observed over the centre of the village which was great. And then for an encore a Hobby followed it in the same direction 30 minutes later! The kite was in an advanced wing moult and was missing practically all the secondaries on its left wing in case anyone picks up this particular individual anywhere else.
Steve