More chance of Great Blue than Bittern!!

it would appear there is no patron saint of birders, is great blue heron about to appear in the GM reed beds

Just checked the forecast. Horrendous conditions again tomorrow, though brightening up on Moday with wind speed dropped although clear skies forcast for Monday night, which is a little worrrying.

I will be there with you pete .... 8am chopper out ..

cheers
jason

No sign of it so far. maybe its hiding in the reeds as the weather down there is apparently worse than here (if thats possible).

IF there is a patron saint of birders may he be with you, all the best pete hope it stays around.

Pete,if you check my piccies on this web site from Galapagos(Manchester birders abroad)there's a photo of a Great Blue Heron on it,you can check out what a great bag of poo you are missing.Good luck on Tuesday.Pete

Whilst un-happily counting Coot in a gale at Sale WP this afternoon I received news of this monstrous rarity. Oh my god

Back home to tinternet and landline. I could have got a morning flight over on Skybus but you can't get off again until Monday, which dosn't leave enough time to book leave from work as I work weekends So I've stuck my neck out and booked a day return on Tuesday for £60 (previous option would be £120 plus two nights accomodation) which will give 6hrs 40 mins on the islands to connect. I'm gonna be sh***ing it now all weekend. It had better stay on St. Marys.

Who said twitchers were mad. ME. BARKING MAD. What have I done I'll have to stop counting Coot, it's unhealthy. I should have pulled a sicky.

-- Edited by Pete Hines at 15:34, 2007-12-07