So on the wet and gloomy morning of Wednesday 08/05, it came as some surprise when scanning through a handful of hirundines on the western perimeter fence, there in all it's glory, was once again the Red-Rumped Swallow!!
It has since hung around and though brief, again appeared this evening for a 10 minute fly about, before floating off over it's favoured cattle field and out of sight. It has been a bloody treat to have such prolonged opportunities to enjoy such a rare on stunning bird on a daily basis, getting familiar with it's characteristics - I've become pretty adept with picking it out with the naked eye!
It's been a decent week overall and although missing out on any decent waders, Black Tern, Shelduck & today, a lovely male Whinchat were added to my patch yearlist today, taking it to 100 species at Grimbo for me so far in 2019. There were also a good helping of Swifts, a couple of Arctic Terns, Hobby and Yellow Wagtails among the highlights.
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