There I was sorting through my bags, putting a wash on and enjoying a bit of a lazy day when a message pinged up on my phone saying BAIKAL TEAL still from the hide at Wilstone! Wait what! I’d missed the original message 30 minutes earlier so I quickly grabbed my optics and car keys and 20 minutes later I was on site and to my surprise there were still spaces in the car park.
At the top of the stairs I year ticked Common Tern followed by a quick power walk round to the hide. Again to my surprise there was room in the hide with just a few familiar faces present. Mike Illet kindly allowed me a view through his scope to get my eye in and I then found it in mine and took the above photo. This female bird was quite well camouflaged against the rocks but the facial pattern was obvious.
If accepted it’ll become the 1st record for Herts and my 3rd in the UK.
My 3rd year tick of the visit was a Little Ringed Plover on the right hand side of the spit.
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