White-winged Black Tern
During a drink break at work I checked Twitter and read that a
Black Tern had been found on the fishing pit at Tyttenhanger GP's. A good record I thought as I'd only seen the one there many years ago. It was while having lunch the first photo appeared on Twitter and I immediately thought that doesn't look right for a
Black Tern! Another photo was posted showing a black underwing. It was a
White-winged Black Tern! Only trouble was I couldn't get there for another 4 hours so I had to hope it stuck around. Thankfully it did and on arrival I found it sat on one of the islands. It had a brief fly around before landing again. After missing the last 4 or 5 birds due to being at work or in Norfolk it was a relief to finally add it to my Herts list. A
Yellow Wagtail flew over as I walked back to the car.
A big thanks to my mate Steve Blake for finding it!
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