News of a Little Bustard at Mickletown Ings, West Yorkshire broke on Tuesday 6th August 2019. A photo had been posted online the previous evening in an attempt to identify the bird. Site details were released on Tuesday morning prompting a large twitch. Whilst in the grand scheme of things Little Bustard has a lot of UK records, there haven't been many in recent years & those recent records have been short stayers. Consequently, a lot of birders (including me) needed Little Bustard. I didn't fancy being part of a large crowd, so kept cool until today when I headed over to West Yorkshire, arriving mid-afternoon.
As hoped, there wasn't a lot of folks on site, which made it easy to find a decent spot to look from. Although the bird was viewable pretty soon after my arrival, views were only of its head & neck popping up every so often as it wandered along the distant fence line, about half a mile away, in a gully. Eventually, after a couple of hours wait, the male Little Bustard wandered out into the field for a short while, giving excellent views.
Video by Pete Hines
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