Long Hot Weekend. Pt. 1, Migrants And Migraines

Good Friday started out very aptly, with - despite the clear sunny weather [which usually means everything flies right on over] - some actual migrants at the Nose and nearby! Getting them on record proved harder, but still it was a good morning and worth dragging up for.

Chiffchaff

Hordes present, chiffing and chaffing and very mobile, then this little beauty pretty much sat and posed. No Willow Warblers, though, and the total sylvias managed to just surpass the Chiffs. Blackcaps mostly, of course

This one has just driven off a Garden Warbler,

 which I'd been carefully stalking...

"Laaaaa!"

Oooh, wait.

That's not a Blackcap!

Whitethroat!

Two of them :) 
Also a steady trickle of Swallows north along the cliff line.

Goldfinch behaves for once

Greenfinch less helpful

Fulmar

You could tell it was a sunny bank holiday, as the mob were out in force, even early doors. I can't help but wonder at the following;

The Shallows, Hope's Nose style...!*

So, two guys perched on rocks. Did they wade [swim?] to them, or were they there all night??
Also; one big wave... ::winces::

[They did survive, and when the tide fell could walk back with dry feet, but still..]

Blackbird in Blackthorn

Bluebells!

Home again home again to bake festive goods, with another raid planned for the afternoon. Then my head intervened.




So, cut to Saturday, when stuff to do meant an opportunity to also do some hot sunny people everywhere urban-ish birding.

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Don't see many of these in the Harbour.

Dunnock

House Martins were moving north along the coast - both following the cliff line Swallow style and further inland. I heard two different groups pass over Tessier in ten minutes.

Lots more flowers coming out, but I think I'll put them together in a separate post - as they need a bit of looking-up - at some point in the [hopefully] near future.


Coming up; getting out and about, with the Folks and without.


Be Seeing You...



[[*Ok, we don't have ravening White Sharks here but some of those Mackerel can be vicious! ;) ]]