Thursday, April 17, 2008
Four whimbrels were reported by Kevin early this morning, so I drove to Waitrose via Dorney Lake. I wasn't lucky and it was horribly windy, but little ringed plover, common sandpiper and redshank made the walk worthwhile. A buzzard drifted towards Bray.
Back at home, down the bottom, blackcap and chiffchaff were singing and a red kite was cruising over the fields. As I lowered my bins, I saw this roe deer lying in the grass.
In the garden a bee-fly sunned itself on the washing-line, flat at first and then straining out from the end of the spoke as if on tiptoe. 
Strange little critter. Looking down, it probably thought the same about me.
Back at home, down the bottom, blackcap and chiffchaff were singing and a red kite was cruising over the fields. As I lowered my bins, I saw this roe deer lying in the grass.
In the garden a bee-fly sunned itself on the washing-line, flat at first and then straining out from the end of the spoke as if on tiptoe. Strange little critter. Looking down, it probably thought the same about me.// posted by Christine @ 7:30 AM 
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Hi Christine, I found the 4 Whimbrel. First saw them on the return lake from the bridge at the start. 1250M away!! Saw the group of 4 waders together and knew they weren't the resident Redshank. A quick walk to the middle bridge and then could see they were Whimbrel. The flew off east over Windsor at 07:30. Also saw my first Roe Deer (pair)at Dorney Lake on wednesday at 1500M. During the construction of the Lake I saw deer tracks but never saw the deer.
Kevin
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ps. Hopefully there will be somemore migrants over the next few days with this eastwind. Always have my best sightings when the planes land at Heathrow over Windsor! Maybe Greenshank,Wood Sandpiper and Whinchat soon.
Kevin
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