Surprise

Spoonbill

A very young looking bird. Well I know it should (it's a juvenile) but I've never seen one looking like this before.

It is the joy of patch birding to come across something  unusual or unexpected (not necessarily rare).

Whitethroat

(For some reason it makes me think of Orville?)

Bonny Linnet

Guess what I hoped this would be when I saw it in a distant field.

Summer Visitors

Blackcap (above)

Sedge Warbler (below)

Garganey

Three of the four birds present on my patch. My first for the year and the biggest surprise of the week!