Eurasian Wryneck, Cant Clough Reservoir, 26 September 2020 (Mike Watson)
AFTER THE CROWDS HAD LEFT, the Cant Clough wryneck landed closeby along the footpath on the southern shore of the reservoir there. Rocket and I fired off lots of photos and eventually it chose a nice spot on the grassy bank where it was feeding, quite unconcerned by our presence. It seems that as soon as the number of folks watching it exceeds three or four it becomes much more nervous. We are all surprised and happy it has stayed for a week now and longer if it wasn’t found on its first day. I hadn’t been that bothered about getting nicer photos of it but I was keen for Alexander to see it. In the end he got some nice views but he was more excited to take a walk with Rocket’s bulldog. We drove by Burnley’s famous football ground, Turf Moor on the way home and then the temporary Covid testing tents in the middle of town. The wryneck has certainly brightened up this awful period in East Lancashire history.