Well we were due our annual evening visit  to Cannock Chase to see if we could find the Nightjar. We have had mixed success over the years sometimes we only here it churring but other times we have had them flying round our heads, I don't think anything flies quite like a Nightjar it's unmistakable.

We generally go around 9:00 pm and stay till it gets dark, the Nightjar doesn't start to chur until the sun has completely disappeared and the moths are flying. It was the same again tonight we heard one at 10:10 and had a brief glimpse of one, on our way back to the car. The picture below is of a Nightjar taken in 2006 you can just about make out its outline.

Nightjar 14/6/2006

We have 2 other target birds which we have seen previously on our Nightjar jaunts these being Woodcock and Long Eared Owl but we didn't see either tonight.

We did see deer though 4 does crossed our path then we saw 2 Bucks on top of one of the hills looking down at us.

It had been a pleasant evening walk on the Chase. Home about 11:00 just in time for a night cap and then Bed.