Forgot About Sunday..

Apologies for the delay, it clear slipped my mind!


Sunday was a day not of wandering about Haldon looking in vain for a Two-barred [or two-barred?] Crossbill, instead my time was already booked by a family get-together for more cooing over the Zombaby..


Yes, that's what his loving parents call him. He's at the 'attempting to eat anything he can get his mitts on' stage - this includes unfortunate parents/grandparents etc.. ;) That combined with his work-in-progress walking does make the nickname fit  :)


But enough baby talk  ;)


We got out for a wander; this time on the coast to one of the many promontory forts [most cornish headlands not having had theirs demolished, which is nice] to be found in cornwall. It was a good walk if a little muddy, with a male Stonechat the most interesting bird. Alas I couldn't get close enough to see if it was an interesting one - both HellHounds were with us - which was at least theoretically on the cards, the Scilly Caspo having had to fly past here! [Hey, still a dreamer]. It did look quite pale, but not enough to get me to try anything major on its behalf. Said headland was quite promising for a 'family picnic and fair weather seawatch with the chance of a Basker' so maybe next Summer we'll be back..?

After we'd enjoyed the impressive view, a mud soup of a field gateway held a nice collection of pipits and wagtails - including a Grey and a White - which held me up while I checked through for the always impossible Citrine. Hoofing it to catch up, I didn't see anything exciting pop up or fly over - bet you weren't expecting that? ;)


You know, that sounded funnier in my head.



Right then, getting back to today - at least 70 Starling flying about in two flocks at work this lunchtime, plus a group of 9 Redwing! Redwing have been flying over calling as I left for work the last two days as well.