Once the fog had cleared a bit this morning I took a quick hour-long dash to Maxey (15.4.07), mainly to see if the male Wheatear from yesterday was willing to pose for photos. So I parked up by the Maxey cut and risked a trip around the upper bank. The risk did not pay off, though as there was no visible Wheatear and I was spotted by Thomas Baskerville, the evil dog owned by the couple who live in the bungalow overlooking the pit. Thomas duly barked and attacked me, and despite my dancing and plentiful advice to leave me alone, took a big gnash at my ankle, ripping a five-inch tear in my trousers, but thankfully just missing the flesh. I am sometimes tempted to arm myself with one of the plentiful cobbles which litter the area...
Once he was back on his lead, I continued birding. Best stuff was the rather dippy young hare which I've seen before and this gorgeous male Yellow Wagtail. It's always a shock when you see them in spring quite how yellow they really are! It was happy wading through the flies at the water's edge.
Brown Hare (digiscope)
Male Yellow Wagtail (digiscope)
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"I am sometimes tempted to arm myself with one of the plentiful cobbles which litter the area" Hurragh!!
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