An overnight drive with Ed and Gareth - who did a magnificent job of keeping me alert despite their own sleep deprivation - saw us arrive in the grassy car park field at Trevescan just after dawn. To our delight and huge relief the first-winter
GREY CATBIRD (Britain's second) that we had travelled to see showed nicely on three occasions during our visit in the scrub just northwest of Treve Moor House. The surrounding area was busy with small numbers of
Redwings,
Song Thrushes,
Skylarks,
Meadow Pipits and
Siskins flying over, as well as a heard-only
Chough, a
Snipe, a
Grey Wagtail and a couple of
Reed Buntings.
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| Grey Catbird at Trevescan |
Unfortunately we didn't have a huge amount of time on our hands so we left after about three hours to fit in a pit-stop at Drift Reservoir, seeing the reported three
Ring-necked Ducks distantly from the road.
Back home and after dark, four
Redwings seeped their way over my West Worthing garden.
