Up early this morning to pick up Graham and drive to Bovisand for a walk along the coastal path towards Heybrook Bay. A nice bracing walk in the usual mixture of hot sun and cold shade, but quite a lot to see although nothing earth shattering.
Highlights were a couple of Whimbrels flying past us, and a female Wheatear on the rocks just below where we were stood. The last Whimbrel I saw was in Costa Rica where I stood transfixed on the beach as a Whimbrel of little brain tried to choke itself by swallowing a fish twice as wide as it's throat. I will look out the pictures and post them.
It was also as they flew by that I realised the battery I had only put in the camera the night before was dead, as was the spare I had with me as a result of them both being picked up from my "to be charged pile". Still we were out on a gorgeous morning in the best county in England so it would be churlish to complain. Also think about the exercise value of humping a large completely redundant camera plus lens around on your shoulder for 3 hours.
Otherwise loads of Chiff Chaffs, a pair of very cute Long Tail Tits and I will resist the temptation to make gratuitous comments about the numerous Shags we saw.
In all 27 birds ticked off and a solitary Speckled Wood along the brambles by the path.
The only other thing of note was one of the Torpoint Ferries being towed by a ridiculously small tug past the Breakwater on its way to a refit at Falmouth Dockyard. Not a lot of shipping movement otherwise, the Brittany Ferry went out as were walking back and the RFA Bay Class Landing Ship Cardigan Bay was at anchor off the Breakwater.
Well it is quite big but Becky Adlington would not find it a challenge! A newt, however, might!
ReplyDeleteI assume you were half way through your second bottle as you addressed the keyboard. It is a well known fact that Ms. Adlington is petrified of fish and refuses to swim in the sea!
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