After a period of about a week, this
immature/female BLACK REDSTART at WOODOAKS FARM, MAPLE CROSS, finally gave
itself up today, showing well now and again on the rusting silo at the back of
the barns at the far end of the complex. The male COMMON STONECHAT remains
too.
Other than this, HERTFORDSHIRE has proved rather
quiet as of late, with a sprinkling of YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER reports (including
a two-dayer near Royston), a party of 4 BEARDED TITS briefly at Stocker's Lake,
up to 4 JACK SNIPE and a returning drake GREATER SCAUP at Tring Reservoirs and a
MERLIN at Sandon
