Saturday, April 05, 2008
Thanks to an overturned lorry just before junction 13 of the M4, we spent three and a half hours crawling along/at a standstill on the motorway, and didn't reach Bury Down car park until 3pm.
As I was lacing up my boots, I noticed two lapwings out over the field mobbing something which I thought was a very large immature gull, belatedly got the bins on it and yelled out "It's an osprey!" Tantalisingly, it was already "past" us - and Greger had only a brief view as it receded.
We started our walk in strong wind and sleet, but there was plenty of sunshine too. My first wheatear of the year - a male - was on Knollend Down, Oxf. The good times are coming!
As I was lacing up my boots, I noticed two lapwings out over the field mobbing something which I thought was a very large immature gull, belatedly got the bins on it and yelled out "It's an osprey!" Tantalisingly, it was already "past" us - and Greger had only a brief view as it receded.
We started our walk in strong wind and sleet, but there was plenty of sunshine too. My first wheatear of the year - a male - was on Knollend Down, Oxf. The good times are coming!
// posted by Christine @ 11:07 AM 
