Flexi Day Twitch

After completing a major project this week I decided to take off a flexi day and twitch a Blyth's Pipit in West Yorkshire.  The first time I tried for this particular species was back in 1989 where I found out years later that the bird was re-identified as a Richard's Pipit.  So, today was a case of achieving a bogey bird.  The journey up the M1 was relatively easy and I arrived in good time for an organised flush of the bird which was held at midday.  The flush produced about 10 Meadow Pipits, 1 Snipe and the Blyth's Pipit which obligingly sat in a tree which allowed everone there the chance to see it.  The tree was too far for me to get a decent photo so instead I opted for a naff record flight shot instead.

Blyth's Pipit