Tuesday 12 July 2022

Oh Island in the Sun - Part II

With our visit having been in the recent past, but not recent enough to remember which day it was, all we can do is to remind you that it was 'last week' and the Terns were about to appear!

But firstly the Moths since then

starting with the most handsome and sharply contrasting
CLOAKED CARPET
the tiny
MINOR SHOULDER-KNOT
GREEN PUG
and just as we suspected, the
SUSPECTED
moth that is!
As previously recalled the Terns could be heard from afar but mostly reluctant to come to the east of the estuary, but eventually first one
COMMON TERN
followed by a second before our attention turned to a small number of
Wading Birds
at the tide-line
represented by a couple of
SANDERLING
another 'turn' this time
TURNSTONE
while the 'tern' theme continued with the dainty
LITTLE TERNs
gracing
our optics
before clocking a single
WHEATEAR
close to the car park.
It would have been a wasted moment had we not stopped of at Lodmore on our way home,
luckily
catching up with the
GREAT WHITE EGRET
There were c5 reported there yesterday!!
(more tomorrow we hope)