For the first time this year my birding attempts live up to the title of this blog.
After having missed seeing target species Grasshopper Warbler and Green Sandpiper at Otmoor at the weekend, I decided to punish myself further with an evening visit to Brandon to see what I could miss again.
Not surprisingly, due to the weather I had the whole of Brandon to myself. In fact, there was little there besides some Lapwing and Rabbits and therefore unseen birds for 2012 still include Green Sandpiper, Greenshank and Grasshopper Warbler.
Hopefully, the weekend will bring a reversal of current birding fortunes with a visit to the Forest of Dean to see some of the specialities such as Nightjar and Woodcock - That is if it actually stops raining for a few minutes.
After speaking to the Capt briefly this evening, she directed me to the below link which explains why the weather is so appalling at the moment.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18783422
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