Mind The Gap

Apologies for the unscheduled delay in our service, this was due to leaves on the line.


Well, something like that, anyway...



Wotsee bin upto, then?

Enjoying the traditional midsummer week off and not getting around to posting, the lazy git.

Also...


After a sunrise lacking sun [I watched a red line in the clouds over east Devon..] and a quick seawatch containing a surprise Puffin [Get in!], the Traditional Fathers' Day Nicpic went well. The poor sheep and ponies of Burrator got barked at by a horrible little black dog, but otherwise everyone was happy.

There were Redstarts and Beautiful Demoiselles in numbers and it was good.

Heggs were a touch overdone, but the japflacks [I made two kinds, just to really be sure of the overkill] went down very well. So a win.



Monday saw a slight technical issue get in the way of any attempt at Greaterlegs [and thus foil any hope of that frickin' Terek, too.. grrrrr]

By the time I gave up on twitching, the rain had cleared and I tried plan B.


Up on Haldon at the Viewpoint, there were indeed soaring birds - but all Buzzards and Ravens. Well, anything scarcer was a long shot...

I came back via the Exe and off Dawlish Warren were Sandwich and a Common Tern, but no Littles. Still, the sumplum Slav [from Cockwood - in case of terns inshore] was cracking.




Rather than do one great big long post, I'm cutting them up, so see more above [[which you already probably have done, what with how this things works, but eh....]]