Patch Silver

When not cooing over Bar-bottomed Beauties [[oh be-have....]], the odd other thing's been going on about t'Patch,

A sight that strikes terror

into the hearts of flies

everywhere....

Love a Willow Warbler.

:)

This one took a break from lilting away in the Sweet Chestnut to reduce the local insect population, tracking it actually gave a decent picture for once [yes, yes, backlit as hell, but this is a pocket camera, not something the size of your leg that costs as much as a decent used car, come on....]

Let's see, what else?

Whimbrel

Whimbrel with

[very annoyed] crab!

Chiffchaff

Syrphus torvus

[probably?]

Rockit

Bluebell!

Common Storksbill

Musk Storksbill

Crosswort

Speckled Wood

[sneaky one]

Raptor ID Challenge!*

And finally, a bit more on the Big Bird Event of the month;

That Barwit!

Yes, you see right, a Bar-tailed Godwit on an entirely un-sandy and very rocky shore, picking away among the rock pools.

Earlier,

How's this for a view?

Minus the zoom,

Twitch shot!

 

That's fieldcraft, not laziness, btw, keeping under the skyline to avoid stressing the bird.

Front to back; a Big Scope, a couple of Hope's Nose Irregulars, Sandy Point incl. a Barwit, Thatcher Rock,

:D

We have had light passages of Whimbrel [six overhead that one on the deck the biggest group], Swallow & House Martin, Wheatear, and pulses of regular warblers [some mornings you'd find a load of Chiffs, other times Blackcaps - three males in one small bush with no grief = definite migrants! - and with the odd Willow or Garden Warbler mixed in]

The Guillemot and Razorbill colony on the Ore Stone is well up and running for another year, and two different pairs of Oyks have been seen gettin' their thang on - we shall see how well they hopefully do - as have four species of finches.

More recent news to come, honest, as soon as my Muse gets her act togethe- Muse, "I think you'll find it's your lazy arse that's the issue, my dear"  ... Yeah, well, ahem....

 

 

So, one way or another I shall at some point

 

Be Seeing You...

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