There was a WhatsApp message this morning indicating that yesterday’s
Pied Flycatcher was still present early a.m. and so David and I decided to give
it another go.
It was a little more difficult parking today, but we eventually found a
space and walked across the road to the park.
There were no other birders present this morning, but the area was in
the sun and out of the wind. We walked
onto the path and began looking at the trees but initially there was nothing
and then we both saw a bird fly in, which looked promising, but it disappeared
into the foliage. A few minutes later
David said I've got it and provided directions and we were then both able to
watch the probable first-year European Pied Flycatcher sitting in full view for
several minutes. It moved around a few
times but always sat in pretty much full view and behaving very different from
yesterday. As we left a Great Spotted
Woodpecker flew over and we heard a Goldcrest as we were going back to the car.
Roger called when we got back to check the location, but he failed to see
it in about two hours, although it was reported again on the 25th.
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