Up at 6.30 for an early start at Stover. Left Plymouth in good sunny conditions and within 10 minutes of hitting the A38 the clouds rolled in. Still it's all part of being English.
We saw approximately 4 Blue Tailed and the same number of Common Blue Damsels and not a lot else. Nothing moving and couldn't find anything holed up waiting for the weather to improveme.
We walked down to the river to look at the Sand Martins but the recent rain has undermined the bank where they used to nest and other than 3 circling the area there is no sign of the usual colony.
Carried on and did the circular walk and got some pretty good Spadger pictures from one very accomodating bird collecting food for it's brood.
Will post the pictures once I have had the chance to download.
Then just as we were heading back into Stover we stumbled across a Greater Spotted Woodpecker nest and got some appealing pictures of one of the youngsters sticking it's head out waiting to be fed. As usual wish I had brought the monopod!
