Wryneck: It's always a highlight when you see one of these sensational woodpeckers, a once a widespread breeding bird in England, this is now a lost breeding species, though still occurring regularly on migration each year.
When I arrived the bird gave me a b it of a run around, with only beef flight views as it flew up and down a line of bushes. Eventually, after a couple of hours the bird gave itself up and showed relatively well perched up.
With its beautifully cryptic plumage, coupled to its small size, the wryneck is easy to overlook so hats off to Joe Eckersley, all that time and effort birding a local patch paid off. Well In mate.
