Dusky Time!

Seems years ago since I went on a proper twitch and this one came completely out-of-the-blue, but don't they always? Chilling late on a Friday night, news filtered through of a probable Dusky Thrush in Margate Cemetery in Kent...present for the last 3 days!! The link to the website revealed a photo of a 'Redwing' which did not look right, then photo's from the day published and there it was for the public to see..Dusky Thrush..first twitchable bird in the UK since 1959!

The rest is history as they say, managed to grab a lift with Ad's  Bowley as everyone else was either there or 'on their way'...or just not answering their phones(already there)! :-) Got there in good time and the bird was sitting tight in a sycamore upon arrival, took me a while to get onto the bird but was quite a scene watching everyone scrambling and dodging gravestones and resting places to sneek a view. (more to follow)

 

Dusky Thrush - a very typical view whilst we were there!