Here's a dilemma this Barred Warbler is right on the Lincs/S Yorks border so do we count it as a Lincolnshire tick or not? Which ever county, it is still an exceptional inland record for this rarity.
Clare It was definitely North Lincolnshire. The border runs along the edge of Hatfield Moors, so Wroot and the fields bordering the SE edge of the Moors as far west as Candy Farm are all North Lincs.
That aside, I am in the process of writing the 2009 Hatfield Moors Bird Report and though I managed a record shot of the Barred Warbler it was very poor and wondered whether you might consider donating one of your photos for inclusion in the report?
I say it counts for both! Surely it wandered back and forth a bit! ;-)
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ReplyDeleteIt was definitely North Lincolnshire. The border runs along the edge of Hatfield Moors, so Wroot and the fields bordering the SE edge of the Moors as far west as Candy Farm are all North Lincs.
That aside, I am in the process of writing the 2009 Hatfield Moors Bird Report and though I managed a record shot of the Barred Warbler it was very poor and wondered whether you might consider donating one of your photos for inclusion in the report?
Chris Robinson
Hatfield Moors Birding Blog