An early afternoon report of four Dotterel present in a bare field at Therfield in Hertfordshire had to be worth a visit. A thirty-five mile drive up the A10 encountering sun, rain and a hail storm on route before we could start searching for the bare field between Therfield and Reed End. Luckily another birder had put out a grid reference to the location, which proved a huge help in finding the field. Parking up at the junction of Mill Lane we headed up along the dirt track and found a handful of birders already on site.
Reaching the corner of the field all four Dotterel could be seen feeding in the far bottom corner. Two very smart looking females and two males. They fed along the ridge and would drop down and disappear from time to time before reappearing.
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| Three of the four Dotterel |
The adjoining fields also held good numbers of Yellowhammer and several Grey Partridge were seen nearby and in fields bordering Haywood Lane.
Jimmy what is your twitter mate I can't find it you should link it on this blog. Hope you and everybody is well ok Dan Pinkham
ReplyDeleteHi Dan. Will add Twitter to blog. fyi it's @JimEssexBirder
ReplyDeleteThanks Jim for that will find it now, all the best hope to see you somewhere soon Dan Pinkham
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