Once upon a time there was a most scwewy duck.
He'd taken a long winter holiday, far far far from where his kind were normally wont to spend the times when home was frozen solid. He'd also done it with a couple of thousand of his cousins.
After two cold and wet dips, I was rather annoyed with this little git, technicolour dreambird though he may be. Thus, when given the opportunity to enlist the aid of the Teacher, No.1 Son - and of course The Artefact ::Ominous chanting:: - I was only too happy to give it another go.
As you may recall from a post closer to the time the Dark Arts did their work and the Baikal Teal was duly seen. Eventually. Hiding in a crowd. Then in the open but tucked up asleep. At range.
We didn't just see a lot of Teal of two species at Greylake, and we didn't use all our daylight there, either. Oh no.
You see, after Greylake we went down the road a way [being responsible twitchers and freeing up space for others] to a little spot I'm quite fond of stopping by at on my way home from a winter's trip up to zumerzet.
I speak of this place;
The Mump!!!
View from;
Hmmm... tempting, right?
Glasto's version.
[You will note the Mump is dead in
line with the chapel on top]
But what birds were we looking at?
Well, while we were scanning, I was regaling the Teacher with all the lovely things I'd seen from up there in times past, such as Whooper Swans,
One and seven Whoopers in front of lurking Mutes...
And of course the famous Common Cranes,
2 Common Cranes
[yes, the grey blobs....]
Such is the Power of the Artefact ::Ominous chanting:: .......
Works on Roe Deer as well
Before all this high-altitude fun, we were, as you recall, being played les buggeures risibles by a certain Baikal Teal.
Yes, this guy on the front left;
Sleeping beauty...?
By the C of dry grass. Compare with Eurasian Teal to the right.
A couple more Greylake views;
Greylake summed up in a picture?
Spot the Baikal.
[Kidding!]
The fun kind of twitching. At last.
Be Seeing You...
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