Once we arrived, RSPB staff told us that the black stork had not been sighted today from the viewing area in the visitor centre, so we walked to the Tower Hide. As we were approaching the hide, something in the corner of my eye caught my attention. It was a Long-Eared Owl, sat just a few meters away staring at me! What a fantastic bird! It seemed so surreal to see it sitting right there next to me!
The Long-Eared Owl looking somewhat out of place!
Once in the hide, we had numerous Grey Herons and a Great White Egret fly up from the reedbed on the left-hand side, and eventually, in flew the juvinile BLACK STORK! The massive bird flew towards us, and landed just in front of the hide, however it was not visible through the tall vegetation. It flew a couple more times in the direction of the visitor centre. This definitely more than made up for the bird that I dipped on at Middlebere.
The juvinile BLACK STORK.
2 fantastic birds at unimaginably close range all within half an hour! Absolutely Amazing!!!
Happened to be in Aberdeen when the report went out of a wryneck at Girdle Ness. It was rush hour, so it took us 20 minutes to get there, by which time there was no sign of the bird. Only consolidation was an Eider on the sea.
On the return trip, we saw 2 Red Grouse near the Lecht Ski Centre.
No comments:
Post a Comment