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 Still the rain arrives in pulses but leveled out by sunny periods and we are still 'catching'!

under clouded skies with firstly

a single

DARK CHESTNUT

En-route we had, as usual, stopped at the

PUDDLE of MUD
where our dreams of a Wader came true

with not one but 2

COMMON SANDPIPER
with this one looking to still have some 'juvenile' about it?
Returning to the Solarr Panel perimetre fence certainly paid dividens as close to Party Gate with the Heath firstly a

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER

was logged

followed within the hour by a far more scarce family member

in the shape of a

LESSER-SPOTTED WOODPECKER

only the second and highly likely the last of the year but

that's when the rain returned with just a hint of a 'double bow' but not to be out-done

also showing a complete arc and finally, we think it was Friday when we made an effort to see the

male
GOLDENEYE
at Longham Lakes, what a cracker, and while there was no female in attendance it was thought worthwhile to pluck an image from the archive

just for comparison - another beauty!