Black gold. Again! This time rolled into one bird... a drake Common Scoter (163)!!! I'm never normally one for multiple explanation marks but if you've ever birded the Nunnery Lakes, you'll appreciate that it is no Grafham Water: a true seaduck here is mega! As my typically bad luck would have it, I was 10 minutes into a lunch-break-ruining meeting with several 'externals' when the text came through from Neil Calbrade. A whole four nerve-wracking hours later (no thanks to the "It's looking flighty" text from another Lakes listing colleague!), and as the gloom rapidly descended, I hurtled down to the lakes, where the boy was still in residence. Wot a burd!
Patch magic
(still present 24 October, still gloomy)
(still present 24 October, still gloomy)
(still present 25 October, less gloomy...)
Percentage of target to date - 105%
Distance cycled - 576.5mls / 927.8km
Latest addition - Common Scoter (163) 22 October
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