A text from Brian around 9.30 this morning to say a Wryneck had been found at Holland Haven CP, was all the encouragement we needed to make the 73-mile trip. The usual 90-minute journey along the A12 became two hours which was not helped by a minor accident and average speed cameras.
After feeding the parking meter, we joined a small group of birders standing along the fence-line looking down into the Dell. (A bowl-shape area that includes the toilet block) only to be told the bird had disappeared and had not been seen since 10.30. After ninety minutes of searching the area, Brian managed a fleeting glimpse of the Wryneck as it flew from a small bush close to the toilet block. Gradually the birders drifted away and we were left to continue the search alone.
With the dense scrub bordering the Dell, the Wryneck was proving very elusive to locate, we managed another couple of flight views but it would disappear as quickly as it had appeared! Two more hours passed before we finally managed to locate it sitting in a dead tree and to our surprise, there was a second Wryneck in the same tree!
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| Brian's record shot showing both Wrynecks! |
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