Saturday 1 May 2010

Actual twitching 3

Struggled through appalling traffic to a bit of green among loads of houses - all signs of a dirty twitch. Parked on a residential road (lose 3 points) and walked towards the woods, half way through which you could hear the Iberian Chiffy blasting away. Wasn't too difficult to get on - at first glance looks like a bright Chiffy. Would disappear into the canopy to feed and then circle round, sometimes perching in a bush only about 20 feet away. Interestingly (maybe) the super in front of the eye often looked quite indistinct but close up in full light it looked a really rich yellow. Walderslade isn't that different from my local patch at Wandsworth Common (except not in the middle of London) - must have been a real shocker for whoever found it.

On the way back (sort of) dropped into Lenham Heath for a really obliging Hoopoe which even raised its crest a few times (deafened by cameras). Also took a strong contender for my worst ever photo - phonescoped.

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