I Was Not Eating Eggs [All Weekend]. Pt.3, I Had To Do It.

Monday.

Wind [forecast] rain - big boss squally showers, even.

You know what I had to do and where I did it...

Lookit!!!

Itsa Wheatear inna tree!!!

First landing in/off, too.  :)

The same story with this one, though landed a little lower down [and further off]

"Wait... You're seawatching?!?!?"

Earlier, on my way down I encountered a First [or third, depending on how you look at it] at LookOut,

Got it!

Wheatears in the sunshine aside, I had been intending [being the poor trusting fool that I am and actually half-believing the weather lies forecast] to do some seawatching.

And I did.

Because it was rather windy, those showers were supposed to arrive, and I'd lugged both Big Scope and rations down to Glonk Corner.

I even gave it 4 hours [shock]

But what did he see?

[Aside from Zog All, A Herring Gull, and this,

Itsa yatchit

]

All S [or S/N] unless stated;

Manxie  8

Shearwater spp.  2

Gannet  32/14

Kittiwake  1

Fulmar  7/4

Common Gull  1

Razorbill  6*

Guillemot  6*

Auk sp. [prob. Puffin]  2

R-B Merganser N  1

Grey Plover N  4

Sarnie  4

Wheatear in/off 2

Swallow in/off 4

[* Only birds passing far anough offshore to be definitely not associated with local colony counted]

 

Those Greys were in full sum/plum. btw; black head and body, grey angled pointy wings, whiter rumps, going like the clappers low to the sea in the spray and heat haze, and the same size as a small tern.....

VERY early for Black Tern, of course, but oh they had me going for a bit.

Also of note,

Mallards!

Actually stayed put for a photo!

Unlike a Hummingbird Hawkmoth, which hummed [they really sound like hummingbirds!] right past my ear, then refused to stay even slightly put for a picture, the tiny fiend...

Much better behaviour from Blackthorn, Gorse, and Pear;

Bloomin' lovely

:D

Ah, to be seawatching again.

Oh, for me to get to do it with decent weather!

Be Seeing You...