A stone-curlew was found in a ploughed field just outside the village of
Kelsall in Cheshire this morning. It was still present into the afternoon so
we decided to pay it a visit, hopefully safe in the knowledge that it was
unlikely to move on until tonight, barring being flushed.
Sure enough when we arrived it was on view and sitting in the middle of the
field, in more or less exactly the same position that it had been in all day.
Fortunately however, shortly after our arrival it decided to go for a walk and started feeding at
which time it's "thick-knees" were very obvious. A really nice bird, and one
of the best views I have ever had of the species in the UK, despite the
annoying heat haze.
This was my third stone-curlew in the north west following birds at Leasowe
(2009) and Little Woolden Moss (2015).
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