Here's a list of my "sightings from the past" over quite a few Septembers ... 1st Nothing 2nd Er ... nothing 3rd 2008 Black-necked Grebe at Conder pools. 4th Nowt 5th Zilch 6th 1998 Pec Sand at Leighton Moss. 2004 Red-Crested Pochard at Glasson Marina. 7th 2002 Snowy Egret .. Caerlaverock. Woo ! 8th A total blank. 9th An even totaller blank. 10th ( This isn't a bird) ... Convolvulus Hawkmoth on our clothesline.. the local recorder came to see it !! I got the feeling that they didn't believe it. 11th Nuffink 12th Nuffinker 13th 1987 Sabine's Gull. Crumbs ! 14th 2003 Baird's Sandpiper Thriepmuir Res, Lothian. 15th Lesser Yellowlegs, between Nateby and Eagland Hill, Lancs ... got it after 3 visits. 16th Back to Porridge. 17th Grey Phalarope, Fleetwood ICI pools. 18th Nada 19th 1993 Booted Warbler, Filey 1993 Red-throated Pipit Spurn 1993 Great Snipe Spurn 1993 Yellow-browed Warbler Spurn 1993 Demoiselle Crane ..prob the most exciting day of my life ! And it was quite likely yours as well.... (?) 2000 ( A strange thing ..a Nightjar slept on a grit tray at Leighton Moss for a whole day ....huge crowds gathered, and eventually it flew off at dusk. ) Memorable! 20th In stark contrast, bog all. 21st 2005 (Again, a non-bird) A Hummingbird Hawkmoth put in 5-minute appearance in the garden. Blimey AND Crumbs. And double-crumbs !!! 22nd 2001 Ferruginous Duck, male, Leighton Moss Public Hide. 1996 Blue-winged Teal, Pennington Flash. 23rd Zero 24th 1989 Ring-Necked Duck , Dockacres, N. Lancs 25th Absolutely nothing. 26th Total zero-ness. 27th Broad-billed Sandpiper, Lane Ends, Pilling, Lancs. 28th 1988 Crane, Killington Lake, Cumbria 1997 Barred Warbler, Blackpool. On the way back, my car packed in for ever and ever. 29th (2 x 8) - (4 x 4) = ? 30th Grey Phalarope off Heysham Harbour North Wall !! 15 blank days, 17 if you chuck out the two insect sightings ,,,, but the good days were bloody amazing. Snowy Egret, Sabine's, Gt. Snipe, ... and a long-list of excellent stuff. So ..what will this September hold ? And now, a terrific and relevant (!) song .......
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