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It's not every day that I add a new species to my Elmley list (I think you'd have to go back to the May 25th "double-whammy" of black-winged pratincole and hoopoe in 2009. Now that was a day...!); and even less often that I get to use the ever-so-slightly disparaging term for a red...

Another beautifuly sunny, though bitterly cold day on the reserve, courtesy of a biting NE'ly wind. I had had to go down the access track to rescue two of our Monday vols, who's car had packed up. Returning to the office to thaw out a bit & to discuss the days tasks, I fielded a phone call...