Blyth's Pipit.....Tuesday 9th December 2014.

After hearing on Monday that West Yorkshire local patcher Jonny Holiday had found a Blyth's Pipit on his local patch at Pugney's Country Park/Calder Wetlands,it was my destination bright and early today.
 I eventually found somewhere to park alongside birding friends Tim Cowley and Steve Lawton near the Swan and Cygnet pub before getting the gear together and making our way to the birds chosen field.
 To see where this bird had been found was even more unbelievable,a smallish water logged,rough grass field,surrounded by an industrial estate and the M1 motorway making it even more of an amazing find.
 We had organised to meet up at 07.45 while the local lads walked the field,the first sweep revealing nothing,apart from half a dozen Mips and a couple of Reed Bunts,but on the second,bingo there it was!.
 Unfortunately the views were only in flight,but it was clearly a pale,large Pipit with a shorter looking tail in flight than Richard's and once you got your eye in a distinct flight action when flying alongside the Mips.Fortunately it was heard to call on a few occasions with it's diagnostic flava wagtail like 'Pscheeoo'.
 It was flushed on a few occasions for the visiting birders to observe it and then left to rest.I would have loved to have better views but it was impossible in the field and beggars can't be choosers when it is a 'First' for Yorkshire and only my second sighting overall of the species after the showy bird at Gringley Carr in Notts in December 2002.
 So after a 2 or 3 hours on site Tim and myself travelled home happy with another Yorkshire Mega in the bag.