As of 13/10/06.

After netting a solitary Ruff towards the end of September, I decided to have a couple of weeks 'off' from VP as it was getting rather monotinous (luckily in that time period I missed nothing that I needed!!).

Away day's twitching (see my other blog), netted me a handfull of lifers, but soon the pull of the patch had me back.

Amazingly, my second visit in October was for an exceptional county bird.... a Knot!!! Only the second (I think?), for VP & the 1st in the county for nearly 3 years!! A totally unexpected tick and not only a VP lifer but a 1st for the entire county for me!! The bird remained for 2 days allowing plenty of people to see this very difficult bird to get in Shropshire ( we've had more Pec Sands in the last 3 years than Knot - 4:1 ratio in fact!!).

Anyway, with my VP year list now at 128 species, I just require 2 more for my target!!