after the Wolds appreciation took on some dodgy diesel which caused my engine to decide to half die on Sutterton roundabout but after a few minutes it seemed to recover so the visit continued - what a really nice bird but in 23C heat there was always going to be haze problems -
set off on the presumption that if the Brown shrike was still there I would extend my trip from Horncastle but as it happened spent some time looking at the mist and inversions over the Wolds while so many people just shot past in their vehicles ignoring the natural world as usual - the human race is beyond hope
unable to find any good migrants on the coast the Wasp Spider was the only highlight of 10 hours slogging Lincs coastal bushes yesterday and the Willow Emerald on my patch was the only high point of another dull day today - Easterly winds are not necessarily exciting
at last a few waders on the local foreshore with a nice collection of juvenile Bar-tailed Godwits, a few Black-tails and Knot and even the occasional Dunlin
