Bit of a more complicated story than I have time for now but the long and short of it is that Marianne Taylor found a juvenile Baillon's Crake yesterday afternoon on the reserve feeding in front of the Butts Hide. A bit of late evening patience was rewarded and the bird showed well enough to collect a full suite of plumage features. As such (and with a plan of attack for today duly hatched) we put the news out. It is now 0440 and I am waiting for the first birders to appear. There has not been a truly twitchable Baillon's Crake since 1999 at Grove Ferry in Kent so I suspect that this bird may be quite popular!
Anyway, more to follow later on this great story.... there may be more to it than meets the eye...
Beady eye (me)
Cracking shots by Mark Hart
8-9-12
Howard Vaughan, Information Officer