Tuesday 12th May

 Our day started at Cogload in Somerset to look for a Common Nightingale . And we got there to hear the bird in full song but as it is with these birds it never came out into view .

Our next stop was at Northwick Worth near Bristol to look for a reported Temminck`s Stint and in the end we managed to see two of them along with 6 Little Ringed Plover and a Common Snipe .

The next stop was on the Somerset levels with 6 Common Crane seen near the Stathe Drove area .

Temminck`s Stint ( Calidris temminckii ) . Northwick Worth . Bristol

 

 

 

 

Common Crane ( Grus grus ) . Nr Strathe Drove . Somerset

 

Lesser Kestrel

 A trip down to Cornwall with Andy and Tim to look for a Lesser Kestrel a rare bird for Britain . And after a slog through a bog we got to the area where the bird was showing and we got great views of it . It was a new bird for Andy and Tim but not for me as I saw one on the Scilly Isles way back in 2002 . But I was still very pleased to see this one .

Also seen was a Black-Winged Stilt and a Common Cuckoo .