Not What It Says On The Tin

In that this post does not include any proper birding. At all.

Excreta occur, as they say.



So, no seawatching, no twitching reachable Lifers, no hordes of Wood Sands, no yearticks, not even any dips...

Very much a weekend not as planned [which would have involved Fraggle Rock, the Black Hole and hopefully a few very satisfying two-part motions with the pencil...]



Friday got taken up, and then Saturday was lost to my bonce once again. This is getting annoying.
But that's definitely well out of scope for here.



Sunday started iffily, and I wasn't sure about driving anywhere, but never mind as there was something non-driveable to do!


A family trip to Slyme to do something I've idly wanted to do for years - the Philpott.

It were dead great, a wonderful little museum, especially if you're into geology such as landslips and the marine fossils of the Jurassic! [And really, who isn't?] Plus all the usual local history, all packaged in an amazing house with not one but two staircases of death spiral staircases. Very highly recommended if you're in town - eats an hour or three easily.
Speaking of eats, another plug; the Cobb Inn - good beer, good food, even put up with the LBD! [What more is there to say?]

The weather started a bit soggily - see the Cobb;

The French Lieutenant's Woman definitely needed a good brolly..

But then the sun came out and it were almost like Summer or something...

Charmouth and Golden Green Cap

The most exciting bird I saw in Lyme was a Collared Dove. [Though there was a Stock Dove just on the Devon side of the border]. All the gulls were Herrings and all the Feral Pigs were incredibly cocky - much to the annoyance of Tilbury, though she did get to scare one which didn't realise she was on an extending lead [very impressive emergency vertical takeoff!]

There was some sort of folk festival on, though it seemed to mostly consist of crowds, some Morris dancers, a very small choir, a very empty beer tent [tut], and a very loud PA..

Still, we had a good day.


And finally, I couldn't resist buying something in the museum shop - only to express my thanks for the place, honest - a very nice oyster*.




[[*Gryphaea arcuata if you're interested]]