Backward Birding

Being the doings and rantings of a Devonian birder of a rather Backward persuasion. May contain wibble. Will contain digressions, tangents, and possibly some stuff about birds. Warning: all opinions voiced within are purely conjectural, all bird identifications are to be assumed erroneous and actually refer to either Mallard [Anas ubiquitus], Common Buzzard [Buteo crowbaiteo], Herring Gull [Larus shiteonyourcarus], Woodpigeon [Columba fatbastardii] or Chaffinch [Fringilla irritatus].

06 September, 2022

Out With The Folks

Rewinding a touch...

After horribly dipping Little Stint at the other end of the county, I spent the afternoon merrily doing not that much but enjoying the scenery up on t'Moor with the Folks.

It was all very lovely.

There was coffee and baked goods and no sheep nearby at all [the LBD was rather disappointed by that last]

Scenery

The odd bit of wildlife caught the eye, with light passages of Swallows and Woodpigs down the Dart valley.

Not just Woodpigs, though;

Five Stock Doves!

Also, and far more distantly, three flocks of 'oh those aren't corvids!' coalesced and proved to be

Blobs!

Ahem.

Golden Plover!

Couldn't get them all in one shot, but you get the idea [and who wants more blobs, really? Though you are reading this blog..??? Hmm] 120-150 of them, I think. [He says, being very cautious]