A trip out with the boys today and our first one for quite a while . We started the day off at Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire where we saw 3 Corn Bunting , we then went to Winterbourne Downs to look for our first specific bird off the day the Stone Curlew and we managed to see 3 of them along with a few Northern Wheatear and a couple of European Green Woodpecker .
Our next stop was at Keyhaven in Hampshire and the first bird we saw was a superb summer plumaged Little Gull in all its glory , a little bit further on we saw the bird that we had come for a drake Green-Winged Teal but it was a little bit to distant to get a shot of it .
Our last stop of the day was at Portland Bill to look for a reported Ring Ouzel , we did a search but could not see it so we went down to the quarry where we saw a Little Owl and a European Green Woodpecker a bird that is not seen very often at the bill . We then went back for another look in the horse field for the male Ring Ouzel and after quite a wait we managed to see it but it didn`t show for very long and was soon lost from view again .
A good days birding we good company....what more can you ask for .
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