A little Purple patch in Warks birding with a few County ticks my 1st being 3 Hawfinch low over Hartshill Hayes CP calling on 28/10 part of an impressive 100+ birds recorded there over about 2 weeks with a national irruption involving 1000's of birds on the 2nd November i had a call about a Lesser Yellowlegs nearby at Maxstoke on a private farm 1st County record found by Steve Haynes which was only available to a small group of 10 on the first afternoon with more than a hundred seeing it the following day.........
On the 4th November a trip over to Bubbenhall Meadows produced my 3rd County tick in a week with a 1st Winter Dartford Warbler only heard once & briefly sat up before being chased by 1 of 6 Stonechat present.....
A spur of the moment Moth trap on the 15th Nov produced only my 2nd garden record of December Moth.
26th November a call came thru to say a Richard's Pipit had been seen briefly at nearby Oldbury/Mancetter quarry but no further sign over the nxt cpl of hours but with it only 15 mins away I decided to help with the search within a cpl of hours several of us managed to find it & had some cracking flight views with it constantly calling,with probably in excess of a hundred people seeing it by the end of the day!! Only 3rd County record but 1st multi-observed bird..........Still present on the 3rd December allowing a few Warks birders to connect after being away the weekend before.
