With two early morning visits to Wanstead Flats squeezed in between family commitments I only added Common Whitethroat, House Martin and Yellow Wagtail to the patch year-list totals. Given the time of year you would hope the birding-gods might be smiling down on you, delivering a small patch gift of gold in the form of a Cuckoo, Turtle Dove or even a just a Whinchat - something to lift the spirits and justify getting up and out early from that lovely warm bed!
Oh well, we all know how quickly things can change - but sometimes you need to find or see something a little out of the ordinary to give you that spur and resilience required in continuing to bash a local-patch without reward.
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