Another Day - Paul McCartney

With the wind having moderated somewhat it was thought worthwhile popping into Bournemouth International Airport to see if the 

ROOKS

had made a start on nest building. The trees were still swinging like pendulums

so it was no surprise to find that they had not.

In this area there is usually something of interest outside of the Wild World

which on the day manifested itself as 

 freshly sprey painted

LIGHT AIRCRAFT

However, we did find that Storm Ciara may have done the business as we reached the Irrigation Pond (IP)

to find the first arrival for the year of a lone

COOT

and as previously reported the c4

LITTLE GREBE's

remain in attendance but this time captured in their entirety

With nothing to hold our attention at the Gravel Pit (GP) it was

onward to the Moors River where there are still far too few Teal while the 

CORMORANT's

still hold station

It was also encouraging to find another

First for Year pair of 

GADWALL

already in part 'displaying' mode.

Male

Female

all our yesterday's continued

as on 16/09/2016 while wandering the Heath a slight movememt caught my eye amid the dense growth of Bracken. Breaking cover it was seen to be, almost unbelievably, a

WRYNECK

which flew into a gorse bush and within 30 seconds had vanished for good

(or BAD as the case may be)

However, not before securing these 3 images, and then making up the

156th

species for our Recording Area.