Tuesday 30 March 2010

Expect the Unexpected!

When I woke up this Saturday morning I never in a million years expected to be sitting in the hide at the Lodge waiting for Bedfordshire's first Two-Barred Crossbill in over a hundred years. to show at the pool. I also didn't expect to have to get up at 5:30 (4:30 Non BST!) to have to try and see a Two-Barred Crossbil I hadn't seen the day before. Luckily at around half 7 a flock of 20+ Crossbill appeared in a tree right in front of the hide. They promptly flew off again leaving just one bird perched proudly at the top of the tree...

3 comments:

  1. Hi Ed,

    I too saw the bird and probably arrived a few minutes after you left. I thought the fighting was better on the day before though, even if we did all dip!

    M

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  2. Hi Matt,

    Yeah that fight was great! The best bit was when he called him a "Schizophrenic child molester" haha. I don't think that hide has ever seen so much tension!

    I hear you're now well skilled in moth trap production. Would you be able to make me one that I could buy off you?

    Ed

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  3. Hi Ed.
    Well worth getting up for. What a great bird. Nice one.

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