I went to Great Glen and
walked the footpath that goes by the sewage works. It was quite foggy on arrival and it was
quite slow to clear but I did hear one of the target birds, a Nuthatch, as I
walked along the road to the footpath. I
walked as far as I normally do stopping briefly at the sewage works but there
was no sign of a Grey Wagtail in the poor light, although there were a couple
of Pied Wagtails. I heard four
Chiffchaffs as I walked the footpath and there was a nice selection of commoner
birds, including a Green Woodpecker. When
I arrived back at the sewage works there was still no sign of a Grey Wagtail,
although the visibility was now much better.
I spent about twenty minutes overlooking the filter beds, seeing the two
Pied Wagtails, two Chaffinch and two Reed Buntings. As I was scanning I heard what I thought was
a Kingfisher call and as I looked down towards the stream, saw it perched in a
bush but unfortunately it flew off almost immediately. With still no sign of a Grey Wagtail and
walked back to the road and decided I would use another footpath to view the
filter beds from a different angle. Grey
Herons have taking to nesting on the island on the small lake and I could see
one but the light made it impossible to see anymore and so I continued. When I reached the sewage works one of the
first birds I saw was a Treecreeper and on scanning the filter beds I saw a
single Pied Wagtail and a couple of Chaffinch.
As was about to give up on the Grey Wagtail but decided on a further
scan and on then suddenly one appeared on the edge of the nearest bed. As I walked back to the car I heard at least
one Nuthatch on several occasions but failed to see it.
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