Some positive movement as far as 'HITS' are concerned but would love to see that magic '4-Figure' sum return?? Don't be shy, please pass the link on to others! Thanks in Anticipation!
With total absence now of any sort of 'dawn chorus', replaced by beautiful
SKYSCAPES
and frosty ground, we did venture up north
IRRIGATION POND
more in hope than ambition
more in hope than ambition
and unsurprisingly not a Moth to be seen, but all was not lost.
A little late in publishing we had to trek to
Weymouth for that now annual flu jab regular readers will not be surprised at the
brief stop at Land End to view the
Little Belters
there by way of
YELLOW HAMMERs
but not surprisingly no Brown Rats! With the next stop being Lodmore we approached from the Avenue Road end in hopes of scoring a
but not surprisingly no Brown Rats! With the next stop being Lodmore we approached from the Avenue Road end in hopes of scoring a
BEARED TIT
of which we found but a single before heading for the shelter and booking
a couple of
COMMON SNIPE
en-route with the spectacle of the morning
en-route with the spectacle of the morning
being the large number of
GOLDEN PLOVER
A brief stop at the surgery for the afore mentioned inoculation and a couple of
'Smarties' for being such a brave Sailor, we headed for Portland where at the Bill there was little more than one of the resident
A brief stop at the surgery for the afore mentioned inoculation and a couple of
'Smarties' for being such a brave Sailor, we headed for Portland where at the Bill there was little more than one of the resident
LITTLE OWLs
an equally lone
OYSTERCATCHER
OYSTERCATCHER
along with those fabulous
over-winter visiting
PURPLE SANDPIPERs
and the continuing story of singles a
and the continuing story of singles a
TURNSTONE
Such a visit would be nothing without popping into the Lower Lighthouse that is the
PORTLAND BIRD OBSERVATORY
and to meet up with only the Warden Martin Cade, recently returned from a bird-ringing visit in Kenya. About the most interesting of many, many conversations with the man and as a welcome cherry on the cake, as it were, the brief arrival of his Right Hand Lady (Assistant Warden) Jodie. The flood tide at Ferrybridge seemed to have brought little with it save for what looked every bit to be an all to distant
Such a visit would be nothing without popping into the Lower Lighthouse that is the
PORTLAND BIRD OBSERVATORY
and to meet up with only the Warden Martin Cade, recently returned from a bird-ringing visit in Kenya. About the most interesting of many, many conversations with the man and as a welcome cherry on the cake, as it were, the brief arrival of his Right Hand Lady (Assistant Warden) Jodie. The flood tide at Ferrybridge seemed to have brought little with it save for what looked every bit to be an all to distant
KNOT
(the image having been plucked from the archive) - Manana!
(the image having been plucked from the archive) - Manana!