Big Royzah says hello

 Yes indeedy, for there is (some) news that Royzah has made it over the door at least once this year, and he scored well when he did venture out.

A black redstart, yesterday

Only his 3rd evah on patch apparently, which is quite amayzing considering how many years he's been slogging the Don. No further information about any other birds was provided but I'm guessing he's on at least 1% by now.

All to play for....

Ooooo Migrants

 Yes indeedy, the long wait for spring is finally over. It started on thursday pm when I bumped into 2 fresh-in chiffchaffs bouncing around the gorse bushes on the top lane. By friday, numbers had increased to at least 9 birds although I'm sure there were way more than that, as birds weren't being very showy in the stiff easterly breeze.

Managed to get out again on sunday, when in addition to 4 more chiffs, I banged into a very smart male black redstart briefly, before it booted off. Always good to get a black red nice and early in the year.

Another quick look in the wheatear-less fields this lunchtime and sadly, while they were still ear-less, I did glean a sparrowhawk for the year and another chiff.

Any day now for the ears, hopefully!

Higgs Boson Identity Revealed

After literally minutes of research and painstaking fieldwork I can reveal an extraordinary discovery from the patch today. The much-vaunted Higgs Boson 'particle' does exist and is actually a Black Redstart. The brief moment that this particle appeared revealing it's true identity has been captured by the highly sensitive cameras fitted to capture brief moments just like these.