Bad dose of luck, interest or motivation today. Out with Dave first light in valley but the briefest sighting of an owl sp was marred by not getting the cup of coffee out of me hand fast enough. On to Draycote where the high winds and poor weather made viewing difficult and apart from the Smew male landing in front of us off farnborough bank and the Lesser Scaup still in toft we struggled something rotten. Thought I saw the Red-necked Grebe off the coast of Leamington Spa and Dave thought he had the Great-northern Diver but as both were not recorded by others we may have been totally wrong.
Next stop was a hearty breakfast in long Itchington before moving on to Brandon Marsh, here the River Avon had flooded so some parts of the reserve inaccessible and we only had a male Goldeneye and Green Woodpecker. The Greylag flock held plastic Barnacle and Bar-headed Goose. Left for Lawford Heath via Wolston and our luck improved with a Little Egret in front of St Margaret's Parish Church Main Street. This might have been the Long Lawford bird or one pushed off by rising water levels from the Avon. Lawford Heath had large numbers of thrushes with an estimate of 3000 Fieldfare and a 1000 Redwing from just two fields. No sign of Little Owls, Corn Bunting, Tree Sparrow or any large gulls to get our teeth into.
Richard
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