Thursday, April 12, 2012
An evening walk brought a short sharp shower of sleety hail, a clap of thunder and a rainbow; and four lovely wheatears on Dorney Common. Birds in grass always seem difficult to focus on, and I didn't want to get too close; but I managed to get this splendid male.
Bonny birds, off to the moors and mountains of the north. Wish I could go with 'em!
An additional wheatear was on East Marsh on the wetlands; and a common sandpiper was having a nap there. On the plus side, my first sand martins (two) were seen in the distance; and on the minus side, two jays (almost certainly a pair) were on the south hill among the plantations.
// posted by Christine @ 1:26 PM 
