JimMorris
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I think I'm right in presuming that most EX-BEEB members are like me. bird watchers that take a few photos when they are birding. As I've not had the camera for a few weeks I've been doing a spot of twitching. Here is a list of the birds and results to date.
Great Grey Shrike at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire = spent two days there looking and came up blank. 120 miles.
Great Grey Shrike at Swallow Moss, Staffordshire = spent another two days looking for that one, again came up with nothing. 60 miles.
Whooper Swan at West port Lake Staffordshire = surprise surprise it wasn't there. 15 miles.
Ring Ouzel at Black Bank, Staffordshire = nowhere to be seen. 20 miles.
Perigrine at Croxden Quarry, Staffordshire = guess what, gone. 12 miles.
Bittern at Potteric Carr, Yorkshire = again no sign of it. 160miles.
As you can see I make a lousy twitcher. Which brings me to the point of this post. How many of you out there do a bit of twitching and how successful are you.
I didn't twitch the Jay, they are in the garden. I have just seen a Nuthatch burying a peanut in one of my flower pots. Is that a common pratice.
Great Grey Shrike at Cannock Chase, Staffordshire = spent two days there looking and came up blank. 120 miles.
Great Grey Shrike at Swallow Moss, Staffordshire = spent another two days looking for that one, again came up with nothing. 60 miles.
Whooper Swan at West port Lake Staffordshire = surprise surprise it wasn't there. 15 miles.
Ring Ouzel at Black Bank, Staffordshire = nowhere to be seen. 20 miles.
Perigrine at Croxden Quarry, Staffordshire = guess what, gone. 12 miles.
Bittern at Potteric Carr, Yorkshire = again no sign of it. 160miles.
As you can see I make a lousy twitcher. Which brings me to the point of this post. How many of you out there do a bit of twitching and how successful are you.
I didn't twitch the Jay, they are in the garden. I have just seen a Nuthatch burying a peanut in one of my flower pots. Is that a common pratice.
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