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Saturday 28 September 2024

MEGA: PECHORA PIPIT AT QUENDALE MILL!

PECHORA PIPIT
Quendale Mill
 
Found by Andrew Jordan
 


Spectacular views of my first Pechora Pipit at Quendale Mill this afternoon! It was shockingly cold today, but my own fault as I forgot to layer up properly and also left my collection of gloves in the boot of the car. This bird was far more flamboyant than I expected it to be. It fed in the grasses and the field behind the dry stone wall and went missing for fairly short periods, but always appeared on a stone again at some point and seemed fairly settled. I felt sorry for it, as it really was freezing cold today.

Lovely to catch up with John Coutts, Rebecca N, Jill and others. By the time I got back to my car, my hands were too cold to actually turn the ignition on, seriously! I had to put one hand over the other to get the car started. Full heat all the way home! Looking through my photos, unusually I have quite a lot of 'keepers' as we say, which is very pleasing indeed! Last day tomorrow before I return to work on Monday – for four days only and then have another two weeks off! Exciting times!

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