Common Buzzard - Baltrasna, Ashbourne

Monday, April 25, 2011

Dipping on the Black Kite

Headed off to Knock lake this afternoon in the hope that the black kite reported earlier this morning was still hanging around..... unfortunately not!!

A small group was there when I arrived and we spent a couple of hours chatting and being entertained by four buzzards above us being mobbed by a single sparrowhawk.  The most interesting thing on the lake was a family of little grebes (mother and four fledglings) and the usual coots and moorehens.  Disappointing - Yes, but as usual on these occasions the other birders made the (short) trip worthwhile.

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