Harbour Lights - Francis Langford (Part I)

Having survived the meteorological Winter,
without too many scars, today we welcome the
MET SPRING!
Harbour Lights (Link) 

 Written by Hugh Williams (aka Will Grosz) with lyrics by Jimmy Kennedy

it was firstly recorded in 1937 (The Golden Age of Radio)

by Francis Langford

With a wealth of Bird Life in and around the vast expanse of

Poole Harbour

(the second largest natural harbour in the World, after Sydney, Australia)

since the beginning of the year, it had been something far more than an oversight

that we hadn't paid our Annual Homage by now.

After the Snowdrops came the

CROCUS
and we were on our way.

HOLES BAY
This day was to be spent concentrating on the more northern shore

where immediately huge numbers of Waterfowl and Waders were in evidence.

First to hit the Year List was that 'beauty of a duck' the

PINTAIL
followed by 2 Species as yet not recorded in our home County

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT and CURLEW

CURLEW

CURLEW

For no other reason that it was at 'point blank' range this

CORMORANT
fell to the lens

 followed by short video clips

and a couple of stills

of much closer

BLACK-TAILED GODWIT

which is where the rest of our morning would be focused, and

 next came not the 'scarcest' of birds

 but certainly the most delightful

as a group of some 200+

AVOCET

fed, preened and slept in the shallows.

Another First for the Year.

That was by no means the end of it, as there is more to come,

but with the Old Enemy (time) pressing the rest must be held over

until our next Post.
This months 'header image', one of what are colloquially known as Darwin Finches,
 has not been selected for it photographic quality, but more for their bizarre 
activities (one of few birds to use a 'tool') and singular distribution in the world.
Further Reading Link
Annual Bird Totals at the end of February stood at
Great Britain = 154        Dorset = 145        Recording Area = 84 

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