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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dantheman" data-source="post: 1242144" data-attributes="member: 32998">Another one to try and redress the balance . . . <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> Last week I was out birding with my good friend Ed Cook down in Extremedura. He’d never been before, and we were hoping to catch up with some of the goodies to be found in the region. Ed isn’t a great birder, but boy is he enthusiastic . . . he was ‘oohing’ and ‘aahing’ all morning as we found one after the other of the region’s specialities. Didn’t matter if they were as cryptic as the Short-toed Larks scattered amongst a dry stony field, or as startling as the Black-bellied Sandgrouse covey which suddenly flew up from a small pool.Take the Sandgrouse. ‘Aaah’ he exclaims as he watches them disappear off into the distance ‘Aren’t they just amazing?’The day was wearing on and there was still one bird left that we hadn’t seen. We’d nearly given up hope, when suddenly I spot a pair of likely candidates not far away between some scrubby bushes. . .  Ed had my scope at this point, I tell him to get onto them quick. He has a quick look, and pretty chuffed, turns to congratulate me in typical fashion; ‘Great Spot’ Ed Cook oohs . . . Sorted. :t:</blockquote>