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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.
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Wednesday, September 15, 2021

A new garden 'tick'!

3.20 p.m.

Having just mown the lawn it was time to relax with a cup of tea. As I looked skywards from my reclined position a very distant bird was just about seen with the naked eye. It looked large and different from the usual flyovers!

Rushed indoors for bins and camera and this is the result with a 400mm with 1.4 extender!


Heavily cropped result...............................




A White Stork!!

I watched for about 6 minutes as it circled  several times gaining height and at the same time drifting south over the coast out of sight.

Wow....how's that for a garden bird!

Was it a Knepp bird or a migrant from France...?

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