A Rare Visitor

[philpot 5,014]

Just having a chat with a friend on the phone when I saw an a bird out of the corner of my eye...................................a woodcock. Now they are pretty rare to find in the woods let alone in my little cottage garden and sat right next to one of my targets.

 

Yes I could shoot him as it is still rooting around in the fallen leaves but what a cracking sight, I am happy just to watch.

 

Sorry about the photo quality, taken through the window.

 

 

Phil

[tomburras 2,730]

Very nice!

[peterhunter86 8,627]

I seen one on a green in a housing estate the other day.

[Jonjon79 13,358]

Nice picture Phil

 

The silly feckers sat right in front of the backstop - it just doesn't seem sporting.

 

I'd have been tempted to put a pellet into the metal rat to make it jump though

[The one 8,493]

Very nice seeing that in your garden bet very few folk can say that

[ftm 3,357]

they are turning up from overseas [Russia scandanavia etc[ and normally hit our shores on 1st full moon in November -my springer retrieved a shot one that had a ring on from moscow

[philpot 5,014]

Well I am only 1.5 miles from the Humber estuary so perhaps that is why he is here. On the RSPB register they are classified in the region as 'very rare' so I think I have been lucky to have this fella sat in the garden for most of the day, in fact he only took off when a bloody cat jumped over the wall and scared him off.

 

I have been wanting to clear out all the tommy plants from the greenhouse today but as he was only a few feet away from the greenhouse door, that job didn't get done.

 

Hope he is back again soon.

 

Phil

[David.evans 5,323]

N ver seen one in real life ,

Nice one Phil

Atb

[si brown 8,486]

Well I am only 1.5 miles from the Humber estuary so perhaps that is why he is here. On the RSPB register they are classified in the region as 'very rare' so I think I have been lucky to have this fella sat in the garden for most of the day, in fact he only took off when a bloody cat jumped over the wall and scared him off.

 

I have been wanting to clear out all the tommy plants from the greenhouse today but as he was only a few feet away from the greenhouse door, that job didn't get done.

 

Hope he is back again soon.

 

Phil

haha... thats a pi55 poor excuse phil!!

[toby63 1,236]

now this cold snap is here they will come more inland into woods and dykes also plenty of snipe knocking around

[philpot 5,014]

A few years ago when we had the bad winter, I think it was 6 years ago, I couldn't get on the motorway to go to work because of blocked roads, we had the patio table for some reason on the lawn. Under the table was a perfect 4' circle of grass, everywhere had about 6 - 8'' of snow and that 4' circle of grass had curlew, redshank, plover, snipe and one oyster catcher most of which were captured on the camera.

I don't think I will ever forget those days just looking out of the window at all these birds popping in and out, I recall putting down over 20kg of wild bird seed and a large drum of fat balls during the month we had a snow covered garden with hundreds of birds coming in every day and the badgers at night along with old charlie every now and then.

 

Great memory.

 

Phil