Herts Tick! - 13.4.26

The kids had been off school for the 2 week Easter holidays but with an inset day for them but not for my teacher wife meant they stayed the night at their nans in Watford so after work I picked them up and shot up to Wilstone and joined Ian Williams near the outflows where I got onto the Lesser Scaup and his tufty mate as he’d finally done the right thing and headed into Herts. It became the 4th county record and my 1st. 

Lesser Scaup

Herts 1st at Tyttenhanger which was just the 12th for GB was a few years before I started county listing, the 2nd a female I dipped at Wilstone as it was almost dark when I got there from work and the 3rd at Stockers Lake picked the day I was looking for somewhere to live so today’s bird was a long awaited bird.

A Common Tern and Yellow Wagtail were year firsts and as I approached the car park a group of 6 Oystercatchers flew over becoming the biggest flock I’ve seen in the county.