Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret at Frodsham Marsh at no.6 tank today. Distant so phone scoped through new Swarovski scope.

South West England

Weekend in Cornwall didn't turn out as expected. First the pelagic boat trip was cancelled. Second the wind died on Sunday so the sea watching proved to be a complete waste of time. And it started off so promising on the first day with Cirl Bunting showing well in the awful light and rain of Friday at Prawle Point. We could see plenty of Manx Shearwater off the coast too. Our last day proved to be better with some good birds at Slimbridge. Wood Sandpiper, Spoonbill, Yellow legged gull and Crane

Two barred Crossbill

Five Two barred Crossbill at Broomhead Reservoir today, one female and 4 juveniles. Also seen were normal Crossbill but interestingly they didn't mix with the Scandinavian rarities. Had a different softer Bullfinch like call

Night Heron

Myself and Dave Evans went down to Thornton Leicestershire for good scope views of the Night Heron. Bit too far for anything more than record shots. On way back we stopped at the Wellbeck Raptor point and saw no Honey Buzzards but several Common Buzzards and a nice group of 8 juvenile Crossbill. Our final stop was Old Moor RSPB where we had good views of several Green Sandpiper and a Kingfisher