Just sorting through a few images and forgot about these from last year. First was a Nightjar found on 5th September at Cossington Meadows - a fairly local reserve to where I live; the bird was found by a local dogwalker who takes an interest in the wildlife.
Nightjar
Nightjar
Second was on 26th September last year, when a Common Nighthawk was found at Wantage in Oxfordshire. After a phone call to a birding buddy Chris Hubbard, the pair of us set off and 90 minutes later, we were viewing said bird along with about 100 others!
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
How I missed posting on this I'll never know!!
We returned from Shetland in early October, when a good mate (John Judge) found a Blackburnian Warbler on Bryher which is one of The Scilly Isles - at a place called Popplestone Fields. It was a week before we could arrange a daytrip to The Scilly Isles but on 17th October, we made the trip over to see this stunning American vagrant.
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
As always - thanks for stopping by; now I'm sorting through a few images again, I'll hopefully be doing another post soon
