11:00 After being banished
from ‘The Patch’ Pete L finds the dastardly ‘Mandarin’ tucked in on the Lea to
the South-west of the Lockwood. 1:0
11:10 Pete L texts out the
gen.
11:11 Text is re-tweeted to the
selfless group known only as ‘The Patchmen’, dedicated to making sure that no bird
escapes being seen on ‘The Patch’.
12:15 First on the scene are the
‘Silversurfers’, Killierman & Profman but it looks like our foe has given
them the slip. 1:1
12:45 Profman has other fish
to fry but Killierman is not going to let this one go and pursues the quarry (whisper
it) off Patch and into Mad Max Land (brave lad), and is almost thwarted when
the supervillain tries to give him the slip and flies off toward the Lockwood,
a classic mistake allowing Killierman to add this elusive tick to his
Walthamstow list. 2:1
12:46 Killierman has the news
on Twitter before you can say ‘I flushed it!’
12:47 AMWman & LVman aka ‘The
Yoof’ arrive to provide backup though it’s not looking good, the bird has flown.
12:48 All is not lost, it
would appear. Mike M & JWDman spot our adversary trying to slip into the
Waterworks unnoticed, and, despite certain technological challenges, the news
is out, Profman is soon on the scene and the bird is in the bag. 5:1
13:50 ‘The Yoof’ pitch up and
our boy is nailed good and proper. 7:1
So ‘Mandarin’, it looks like
the tables were turned this time. We know you’ll be back sometime but be warned,
wherever scarce birds turn up on ‘The Patch’ the ‘Patchmen’ will be waiting…
In other news a Mandarin Duck
was found on the reservoirs late this morning before re-locating to the
Waterworks. It is the first on the patch since the eclipse drake that turned up
in August 2011, leaving around a month later in its full breeding finery.
PW @birdingprof
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