This evening Stewart & Myself spent 40 minutes, scanning from the ridge over looking the upper Misbourne Valley at Wendover Dean as further down the valley.....
I
made what was meant to be a very quick visit to Shardeloes lake this evening to check for Spotted Flycatchers but it turned into a
very exciting visit.
I bumped into Kevin up by the west end of
the main lake who was also looking for the Spot Flys and we eventually
got some calling birds and a brief view of a juvenile in the bushes but
they were staying deep inside the bushes.
I carried on up to the
marsh where a female Teal was on the edge of the large pool, along with 4
Mandarins and a couple of Gadwall.
I needed to get off so started
heading back but stopped again to chat to Kevin who was hoping to get a
better view of the Spot Flys.
We were just about to leave when I
noticed a large bird flying in from the east as it disappeared behind
one of the lakeside trees. I was hoping it was an Osprey but as it
reappeared from behind the trees I couldn’t believe I was watching an
adult Common Crane!!
It flew over the lake in front of us about
double the tree height and just kept heading through west, following the
river. As it drifted away it gently changed direction slightly to the
north and south but remained on a westerly course following the
Misbourne valley until we lost it behind trees over Little Missenden.
I quickly phoned and emailed the news out but nobody further up the
valley could get onto it unfortunately. We couldn’t see any obvious
rings on the legs but only had bins.
Hopefully it will reappear somewhere in the county.
Good birding
Rob
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