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Harris Hawk

Yet another Thornton first found and photographed by Andy on Monday. I'm not one to comment overly on other birders opinions but he seemed to intimate it was an escape despite having no jesses, rings etc.....Got to be a true vagrant, hasn't it ???

Little Bittern & Med Gull

Andy, Dave and I (together with Andy's Hungarian ringing pal) sat in the pub Sunday night discussing the Thornton Little Bittern that was shot back in the days and look what happened on Monday.......I have to admit to not going to Cossington (but the other two tossers did) but a Thornton tick in the form of a 1st winter Med Gull (found by Andy) was a real bonus.

Grey Dagger

Without going into much detail a minor op on Friday and plenty of stitches has curtailed any activity over the last few days but a small number of Grey Dagger larvae were noted on Saturday. I have had these before and although I haven't checked I suspect they are feeding on the Japonica sp. that I planted a couple of years back (which was their chosen foodplant last time around). Will probably strip them bare but a fabulous looking caterpillar nevertheless.