Red Flanked Bluetail; Birding or Trophy Hunting!
10th March 2014
We were in the Forest of Dean on Friday looking at Hawfinches and Two Barred Crossbills. It was a glorious day so we thought as we were quite near the Red Flanked Bluetail site of Marshfield we would pay a visit. When we arrived there were five or six 'Birders' there.
We quickly saw the bird, unavoidable really, as it has been flitting around the same trees for a month or so. I took a few shots as it perched briefly on sticks that people had placed in the ground and then it was feeding on meal worms that had been provided. While we were making conversation amongst the group, I said to one of the 'Birders' 'I see there was an early Ring Ouzel in Gloucester today', he looked at me quizzically and said 'What's one of those, I've never heard of them', That just about summed up the title of this blog post, I'd had enough by then and we said our goodbyes and strolled back up the track.
We quickly saw the bird, unavoidable really, as it has been flitting around the same trees for a month or so. I took a few shots as it perched briefly on sticks that people had placed in the ground and then it was feeding on meal worms that had been provided. While we were making conversation amongst the group, I said to one of the 'Birders' 'I see there was an early Ring Ouzel in Gloucester today', he looked at me quizzically and said 'What's one of those, I've never heard of them', That just about summed up the title of this blog post, I'd had enough by then and we said our goodbyes and strolled back up the track.