Having missed the Walsall bird of a couple of years ago and never having seen one i decided to twitch the bird that has been resident at Clayhanger marsh for the past couple of days.
The excellent directions on the Clayhanger marsh blog lead me straight to the site only to be told the dreaded "it was just there five minutes ago".
After half hour of searching many watcher departed leaving me with four other die hard or maybe just desperate birders.
After a slow walk up toward "the slagheap" I spotted the bird half way up the heap feeding.The bird then showed intermittently for about an hour before being scared by two trail bikes riding along the old railway.
If you have never visited this site it is well worth it.
Also many thanks to Chas of http://clayhangermarshlog.blogspot.com/ for his excellent directions and for making the bird known to the masses.
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