Third Bite

And so we come to the last visit to the Nose, from, er.. last weekend. [Oops?]

Getting on with it;

Sunday morning, dragged myself out again despite less favourable-looking conditions.

Because.

What, you were expecting something else?

Sadly nowhere near, so I couldn't tell for sure if this was actually the third BT with heretical sails, or merely a lookalike with whatever sails it felt like carrying.

Getting on with it more, a typical 'record shot'...

Three little birds...

ID Challange.

These having just been flushed by mundanes whilst I was stalking them. What are they? Pretty easy to tell, right?

Moving on, [once I'd finished muttering], I refound what I thought was one;

Common Sand, of course!

Then, oh look..

The other two!

That first one being by far the best ComSand shot I've ever achieved on Patch. Not the best views [met one at about 10' amongst the Mounds once.. We were both very surprised!], but still.  :D

Three not-so-little birds!

Came swimming by, but then flushed by angler boat [too much frickin' flushing going on...] and flew off towards Brixham Harbour.

Earlier, it was very good on approach, with hordes of warblers along IMD - most notably 14+ phylloscs at the Brandy crossing point, with half as many small tits [but nothing sexy] - and then a marked passage of hirundines along the coast. 122 counted, with a 7:4 ratio Swallow:House Martin and at least 5 of these mixed in;

Sand Martin!

But the Nose bushes were quiet... A few more Chiffs and 3 Blackcap was it.

Likewise the sea, much calmer, too. 6 Common Scoter went by north and a handful of Gannets were way out. Despite calm seas and ideal viewing conditions, no cetaceans were seen. [Wonder why...?]

Also a light overhead pipit movement, mostly Mipits but a Tree Pipit went overhead, calling and low enough to get on with bins nicely. :)

[[ Do I need to say all non-scoter movement was South? No? Good. :) ]]

Still hordes of bees, hoverflies, flies, butterflies, midges and so on on the wing.

Including many of,

Eristalis pertinax

Ups and downs.

Be Seeing You...