Just finishing surveying for the day coincided with a marked improvement in the weather, so in the now warm sunshine, I decided to make a visit to Clingera as the willows along the entrance track had the first 'green haze' of Spring and plenty of pollen spikes. It proved a good move, as right at the start of the entrance track, a Coues's Arctic Redpoll jumped off the ground and onto a fencepost before flying off towards Ordale - my first rarity find of the year!
Baltasound: 2cy Glaucous Gull & Coues's Arctic Redpoll
Coues's Arctic Redpoll at Clingera
