A female Montagu's Harrier was reported in the Ivinghoe/Cheddington/Long Marston area on 25th June although it appears it had been seen over several days. It was seen every after that but was extremely elusive and eventually is was considered that the best time and place to see the bird was early morning or in the evening on a large field between Cheddington and Long Marston.
I visited the site early on 27th June and stayed for about 7 hours and failed to see it. I then tried again on 30th June and after a wait of almost two hours, the bird fly SW across the field and disappeared into Herts. About eight of us were present and saw the bird. This was a county tick for me and many other people.
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| The Harrier field on the Cheddington to Long Marston Road. |
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| Montagu's Harrier - a good view of the underwing |
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| The white rump can be seen in this photo. |
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| More distant but showing a view of the upperwing. |
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| Brown Hare - several were present. |
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| Yellow Wagtail - There was a lot of breeding activity from our viewpoint with a good number breeding in this one field |
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Skylark - Also lots of Skylarks singing and flying around.
Nice to get one almost in full view! |
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