Despite hearing many Nightingale in different places, I was yet to actually see one in 2014. Therefore a quick trip to Cliffe Pools was in order to hopefully finally see one. In Nightingale song terms, it was a lot lot quieter than the previous visit. Again I was hearing the birds and not seeing them and had completely given up on seeing one and was just enjoying the glorious day. However, we then turned a corner and got views of two great
Nightingale - woo!
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| Nightingale |
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| Whitethroat |
The number of
Whitethroat was ridiculous, with a count of around 25. A surprise was also the two
Black-winged Stilt, our third and fourth for the year. Great birds. Baby
Long-tailed Tit were wonderful to watch, flitting about and a
Cuckoo just by the car was an excellent end to the short trip.
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| Green Hairstreak |
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| Baby Avocet |
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| Black-winged Stilt |
Trip list: 40
Year list: 175
Lifers of year list: 8
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