tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64358117339277823752024-03-29T03:28:41.904+00:00Backward BirdingBeing 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].Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.comBlogger1902125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-28900994903272144572024-03-27T19:19:00.003+00:002024-03-27T19:19:28.763+00:00Hare Time. Pt.1, Gotcha Ya Varmint! And Other Nonsenses<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's March, isn't it? [Well, it was when I was doing all this, anyways...]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After a weekend largely spent about t'Patch, hunting for and finding Wheatears! [Yay] and a first trip up onto t'Moor, I switched things a little and got on with chasing yearticks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One in particular had been nagging for a while, with multiple dips, oh yes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If at fourth you don't succeed and so on...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOn39vVn6B926vXn43HNJsEpm0i8UBRW-t35xcqeSCcIxXZ6a0xA_2E01nWRo9Hrt_wuLIqxdUIEI3UxSJ4EK9WlwNBlU4e-8arLxhKw5Dt4Wg2NZDQY8YvNPI6dJ8QTzep05fArqXyq1O_bNeFfsdskfIqPa6g0VbkvTlPu-8_VrkNMXnB9puvY3PcBv/s3202/8A108AFC-8FC1-4C45-B200-2A28128A6085_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2227" data-original-width="3202" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidOn39vVn6B926vXn43HNJsEpm0i8UBRW-t35xcqeSCcIxXZ6a0xA_2E01nWRo9Hrt_wuLIqxdUIEI3UxSJ4EK9WlwNBlU4e-8arLxhKw5Dt4Wg2NZDQY8YvNPI6dJ8QTzep05fArqXyq1O_bNeFfsdskfIqPa6g0VbkvTlPu-8_VrkNMXnB9puvY3PcBv/s320/8A108AFC-8FC1-4C45-B200-2A28128A6085_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bunch of foreigners</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">;) </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">An early start paid off as I finally caught up with the oddly-slippery Egyptian Goose! This one had a wash, then went back to hiding behind that lump with the Cattle Egrets on it.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right, that's that done. Onward.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And upward.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC4k4ZaxoI2GX3YWvEJKIj-oUi4beGomae58PuIpAYpYPfgp-3wwHkVJ9y3nIl3K3fc7wTpdEaBRKfUF4HISBE77lYHn80VDfUVGe5gjJHtNzLl8PuCBi2qe3u-VNDXq98UZsLxiGncmJLhe0mWVClLvj9onq-0tj6VYFuUZqxf8NS1IJU9KqPdbKLTxO/s3303/7830A950-A9CF-4578-B552-C1787E99572E_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2386" data-original-width="3303" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOC4k4ZaxoI2GX3YWvEJKIj-oUi4beGomae58PuIpAYpYPfgp-3wwHkVJ9y3nIl3K3fc7wTpdEaBRKfUF4HISBE77lYHn80VDfUVGe5gjJHtNzLl8PuCBi2qe3u-VNDXq98UZsLxiGncmJLhe0mWVClLvj9onq-0tj6VYFuUZqxf8NS1IJU9KqPdbKLTxO/s320/7830A950-A9CF-4578-B552-C1787E99572E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Devon countryside</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">['scuse the glare, light issues] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sat at a viewpoint and did some skywatching, to the serenade of assorted farmland species, including Yellowhammer [thin on the ground these days] and Red-legged Partridge [pulling the usual 'so close but you can't see me, ha ha' routine]. The Sun was warm and it was really quite the contrast from recent times. I maybe lingered too long, but maybe not. Time served really helps with waiting for birds to fly past, and a coffee turned into two, as they do.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did see birds of a soaring as well as singing nature, and not all Buzzards, either. Highest flyer was a North-bound Cormorant [yes, really], but star bird a Red Kite [with kettle of gulls], well off to the SE.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The only bird close enough to photo, however, was this noisy character;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxBE2wBdkswwxIJFqsvseiSZbBSAUrp5DZuOGCbmNABcop8lCgs-6K_xGBxS4XH4gCvChEjNnHLdwmFRy2zDDkeC3AMQ0nxY8pz02FWyzGZWu18kKFLV_qojucewmLzvrDpk4roYh6WNtc7u8tLl9OV6fonju4-QYMXtFUGCtIqqX0V_CxHgBft3cyPin/s3712/956AB5CF-2894-4E85-A356-DA030A200A9C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxBE2wBdkswwxIJFqsvseiSZbBSAUrp5DZuOGCbmNABcop8lCgs-6K_xGBxS4XH4gCvChEjNnHLdwmFRy2zDDkeC3AMQ0nxY8pz02FWyzGZWu18kKFLV_qojucewmLzvrDpk4roYh6WNtc7u8tLl9OV6fonju4-QYMXtFUGCtIqqX0V_CxHgBft3cyPin/s320/956AB5CF-2894-4E85-A356-DA030A200A9C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not quite what I was</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">looking for.! </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was very nice there [though the erosion - lots of rain and no cover crop does that - was less pleasing], but I dragged myself away and relocated to somewhere even higher..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqbGS9BwCTvMyJ9eccB7jEwcEou-UbWlxiiUlk_rAFowMuJSHvszJgUmQWmNDc4Di9aPvdrOmMu6V_G0eP0CjQaVXEa7bOb0pNOH77ktmDS3mkmwA2fBLdux0UuNEURkH3loNscf_D7LP0sNj9pYllam-mk2itDLjNOGxel8e7Qy4z_jL7KxsLOxlJ2cP/s3712/1DA43823-F9B9-4ADA-A483-32ABE527C0EA.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzqbGS9BwCTvMyJ9eccB7jEwcEou-UbWlxiiUlk_rAFowMuJSHvszJgUmQWmNDc4Di9aPvdrOmMu6V_G0eP0CjQaVXEa7bOb0pNOH77ktmDS3mkmwA2fBLdux0UuNEURkH3loNscf_D7LP0sNj9pYllam-mk2itDLjNOGxel8e7Qy4z_jL7KxsLOxlJ2cP/s320/1DA43823-F9B9-4ADA-A483-32ABE527C0EA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">t'Moor!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC1P6Fei05jOYw6qwPbc0e2KPk-ZC5gGj0ZghAjcwsGu8nOgR-zvuPBtH2hvXYf87GR7sh7MVs6Xp5MWU3jhNHveC_fY2FEtWpTmDe-TGCZE69HBcrGNjQiC9sxxoyDG_mWAhIIHwUCWjOI7UFvI6PiAJo_BorXP3uq7coiSCNJxfWoMfNxJAL7-oSP5Q/s3712/9191D2FB-F651-4CC6-AD94-77D117963B4C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwC1P6Fei05jOYw6qwPbc0e2KPk-ZC5gGj0ZghAjcwsGu8nOgR-zvuPBtH2hvXYf87GR7sh7MVs6Xp5MWU3jhNHveC_fY2FEtWpTmDe-TGCZE69HBcrGNjQiC9sxxoyDG_mWAhIIHwUCWjOI7UFvI6PiAJo_BorXP3uq7coiSCNJxfWoMfNxJAL7-oSP5Q/s320/9191D2FB-F651-4CC6-AD94-77D117963B4C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">t'Fieldfare</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMk8xLnDvEcSUmOdZhoD3TmxKZq4GQw6MM0lVHnTTCn1J_xuLbJIU38LJiVSJ4lFkQfiwW7V3pNhQAPgpzbD-92fAIBDLtmKorxwXtDDZStydgQyfQVlhwtiQHX4JHekOgF7dPSaM_2R61hyphenhyphenbU2OPww0NEhqv5snn9JxlfDKAUTppzVSz30pd_BHH0Klc/s3712/80E717C9-694A-49C7-947C-C767D9C43F1E.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQMk8xLnDvEcSUmOdZhoD3TmxKZq4GQw6MM0lVHnTTCn1J_xuLbJIU38LJiVSJ4lFkQfiwW7V3pNhQAPgpzbD-92fAIBDLtmKorxwXtDDZStydgQyfQVlhwtiQHX4JHekOgF7dPSaM_2R61hyphenhyphenbU2OPww0NEhqv5snn9JxlfDKAUTppzVSz30pd_BHH0Klc/s320/80E717C9-694A-49C7-947C-C767D9C43F1E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Still that glare issue</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dark clouds and bright Sun good photos do not make [unless you get said Sun behind you, which is a bit limiting]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The wind was a bit frisky, but I got out of it and things were lovely. A long [if a bit late] lunch and lots of Buzzards [again] but no Merlin or anything like that. [But you puts the hours in, you know]. It was great just being up there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKrjUJw8g28Guo8IAUowljRto9Ke_nXaxgm6EkVpyBWINYUxTlm3M3Gw7vTnWaMeHujLy5JH2V5PbDjJCetSsxrG38ofB3RCFP1UIT1PopRnToyt7Xp5iJBJD-C-9NRCeVdOoFUp56_4565wEknEzDOy6UpLYlZb6IfXxPzV0qPfIV0dCfxw6mJOIjKK2/s3210/CF8AA717-80AD-46C6-8C97-43F20DD84929_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3210" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKKrjUJw8g28Guo8IAUowljRto9Ke_nXaxgm6EkVpyBWINYUxTlm3M3Gw7vTnWaMeHujLy5JH2V5PbDjJCetSsxrG38ofB3RCFP1UIT1PopRnToyt7Xp5iJBJD-C-9NRCeVdOoFUp56_4565wEknEzDOy6UpLYlZb6IfXxPzV0qPfIV0dCfxw6mJOIjKK2/s320/CF8AA717-80AD-46C6-8C97-43F20DD84929_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Siskin, between</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">display flights </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaElsfBxYvl51hbEJVZOD6h4araabLKVHBs8x9HV09RySBpfMU2pQkdN0cvKVYFXbT4tzRlmOUo0VnVN7eJwj-QgRENaFAskka28AgG4mBNUw0-tv7jnB8nki87s2gxgwCybWnGTXGcNs4jp64qFMmx9IIKnQrGSipXgTikflJB0_2RJord8rrb8utcqeH/s3712/CF5F431E-F5D0-40DD-95DF-0CBDF5C2C386.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaElsfBxYvl51hbEJVZOD6h4araabLKVHBs8x9HV09RySBpfMU2pQkdN0cvKVYFXbT4tzRlmOUo0VnVN7eJwj-QgRENaFAskka28AgG4mBNUw0-tv7jnB8nki87s2gxgwCybWnGTXGcNs4jp64qFMmx9IIKnQrGSipXgTikflJB0_2RJord8rrb8utcqeH/s320/CF5F431E-F5D0-40DD-95DF-0CBDF5C2C386.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Catching up with</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the Laughing Man </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj0F8ehCHl4X1fGdCWKtg2kWP15N4Q0eaaHn4RPaQG04fLFuvQ60TEZPpBrrUE6DVzjumtc4PV4mBpeXbiHIefLC7hj3umTW6CDPmONNP1_fzd8fa6pZUsV3SXRviSEhR2eqyfKydHNy6pmMH_RP0Z3_c3mD61a7IGwqQ2Xaq7YukxiUP6gqHYgjsXwNC/s3712/77D29978-E769-4A62-B173-DF27A9B8B322.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVj0F8ehCHl4X1fGdCWKtg2kWP15N4Q0eaaHn4RPaQG04fLFuvQ60TEZPpBrrUE6DVzjumtc4PV4mBpeXbiHIefLC7hj3umTW6CDPmONNP1_fzd8fa6pZUsV3SXRviSEhR2eqyfKydHNy6pmMH_RP0Z3_c3mD61a7IGwqQ2Xaq7YukxiUP6gqHYgjsXwNC/s320/77D29978-E769-4A62-B173-DF27A9B8B322.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And I went up</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bellever Tor </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Three yearticks were good, but a much mellower Backward Birder was even better.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And there was still more time in my time off to come.</div><div style="text-align: left;">:)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-21444136129477134152024-03-24T23:25:00.002+00:002024-03-24T23:25:22.800+00:00Up On t'Moor!<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Once upon a time there was a Backward Birder who liked ambling about up on t'Moor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Then it rained like you wouldn't believe and he came down with t'Plague.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now he feels a bit better and has some time off work. The weather isn't behaving, but when has that stopped him? He's a frickin' seawatcher, after all.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, Monday saw him up on Holne Moor to stretch the legs and maybe see some birds possibly, who knows?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">[He will stop using the frickin' third person, though] <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudTBAlA6G9nrV7oGG5u97N_tMImuSr7U9DwVmSOwylS_VaKGYZduOy09yQXG22ixVMagRbPYBXact0FG5CB9zL5avxDmv-VqetmuLEBZM1cIcqWFYv63uDWbRh2r-9wGTQuSY_W12HxPXxsGHUz-AIod5iWRE6_UdcfKXZo8N7K2dXFhUbc3xCLapX6sr/s3712/04E50C1B-B5F3-4FBD-B655-6DC643D8D82B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhudTBAlA6G9nrV7oGG5u97N_tMImuSr7U9DwVmSOwylS_VaKGYZduOy09yQXG22ixVMagRbPYBXact0FG5CB9zL5avxDmv-VqetmuLEBZM1cIcqWFYv63uDWbRh2r-9wGTQuSY_W12HxPXxsGHUz-AIod5iWRE6_UdcfKXZo8N7K2dXFhUbc3xCLapX6sr/s320/04E50C1B-B5F3-4FBD-B655-6DC643D8D82B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blue sky [a bit], white clouds,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is this real life?? </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">The wind was rather fresh, so while I was not anticipating getting soggy [bar falling in the water], I wasn't expecting much in the way of birds.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdGOsqzOVMg1FlWnHdMJy0MgN5Xqcg5Pu2zcsTNwauHJ1hYVd7V273z2S1Gl4Q9G_Ss0UU6BJaa0isdt7RjX2u0xovkpLn4weaq7tVwpSndiAmXNflUElrNAOVsPB8eGWL7MMlFAfnQ0bOBeuaLg0j2F_hobpTlEVvw9ezS7xYiSBSrJNZxpfNQdY4DUn/s2347/5E46F3B9-3228-441F-81CD-B144F8A7FC71_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2347" data-original-width="2187" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLdGOsqzOVMg1FlWnHdMJy0MgN5Xqcg5Pu2zcsTNwauHJ1hYVd7V273z2S1Gl4Q9G_Ss0UU6BJaa0isdt7RjX2u0xovkpLn4weaq7tVwpSndiAmXNflUElrNAOVsPB8eGWL7MMlFAfnQ0bOBeuaLg0j2F_hobpTlEVvw9ezS7xYiSBSrJNZxpfNQdY4DUn/s320/5E46F3B9-3228-441F-81CD-B144F8A7FC71_1_201_a.jpeg" width="298" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Entoloma conferendum</i></span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There's always [usually] fungi!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDTv53GXeqSc4W1hPh5iUfvQLSfpqS6L37WB4iCBG7JkxyfSfofKoJZTAMOyGQAvVZKf5wlVBFQ4AouRifjXMdGyrV_7Dfz_JgALIb1b0GogeXcNNj7BN0irhjhf5_z1rfvuqBaJFPCjCNWE5BFIH1HHjxpyoxmfzWUfQp40OtNy6g_rLPDR_nUp0l7VI/s2859/3BC971E7-F305-4CC7-9F69-48F3BCDA7F28_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2301" data-original-width="2859" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDTv53GXeqSc4W1hPh5iUfvQLSfpqS6L37WB4iCBG7JkxyfSfofKoJZTAMOyGQAvVZKf5wlVBFQ4AouRifjXMdGyrV_7Dfz_JgALIb1b0GogeXcNNj7BN0irhjhf5_z1rfvuqBaJFPCjCNWE5BFIH1HHjxpyoxmfzWUfQp40OtNy6g_rLPDR_nUp0l7VI/s320/3BC971E7-F305-4CC7-9F69-48F3BCDA7F28_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ivy-leaved Crowfoot</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I heard Golden Plover calling a couple of times [and a flock was reported at nearby Hexworthy], I also heard another set of calls, and this time got a look and even photographic evidence [honest] of the birds in question;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdJUl_86eE2qpudTZmeetudXUY0NEA-0KbOsn6Rj3Y08g4ibEgWs03ViqySi_3rGDAF4lwseMzhc-z4mPAcs3RAdtxgG6Yk3J4KpRnNSENp1AwV-K7ai0DvEDgJkTGResB7yOehCKdxe725HjOz9l_Dap5UtwbPKgldMQ4tvPIKB_HXAVmHQdtvSatmjU/s3712/DDA82E30-F534-4295-8A20-492BB0312255.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRdJUl_86eE2qpudTZmeetudXUY0NEA-0KbOsn6Rj3Y08g4ibEgWs03ViqySi_3rGDAF4lwseMzhc-z4mPAcs3RAdtxgG6Yk3J4KpRnNSENp1AwV-K7ai0DvEDgJkTGResB7yOehCKdxe725HjOz9l_Dap5UtwbPKgldMQ4tvPIKB_HXAVmHQdtvSatmjU/s320/DDA82E30-F534-4295-8A20-492BB0312255.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sometimes rainbows mean</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a pause in the rain... </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More frustratingly, a small fast low light slate-grey-backed raptor showed up, and I couldn't nail it. I got on it twice with eyes, but it was too twisty [muct have been chasing something] to get on with bins. Being unable to rule out a male Sprawk, I had to let it go [drat and double drat]. Anyone raising an eyebrow can note that it was very low over the hillside opposite in that pic up there [yes, with the dark and light bits], so not exactly point-blank range.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ah well.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The rain set in [sideways] so I called it a day and headed back [after sitting under brolly in lee of big gorse bush - from where I took that one up there - for a fair while]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll be back</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-77996531029383102062024-03-22T22:38:00.000+00:002024-03-22T22:38:13.872+00:00Patching. Pt.3, ...And The Bees<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With warmth and even some sunshine, the bugsbugsbugs have been getting frisky, at the Nose and elsewhere.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh look, new spp.!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMkfphvFBbP_8yuZqvHOP7of2Y0VV8n38lwv0SrK-cSF7j3lHt8gNbJtOeYdNTLaywE4OGbtJqC4H4PY4BsaeASuqTcicYSFZHNBYLvzUoWpDG6ujI3UvjvnwEY1AekVlN0R0-Jh1aKJJBN0VJKpyCA1mKop2RE6BLegKm7oenxXiz-SFyNvNVCorIv3x/s3296/5A1F8FF2-AB42-4EBC-B2B4-FE76F2547021_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3296" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMkfphvFBbP_8yuZqvHOP7of2Y0VV8n38lwv0SrK-cSF7j3lHt8gNbJtOeYdNTLaywE4OGbtJqC4H4PY4BsaeASuqTcicYSFZHNBYLvzUoWpDG6ujI3UvjvnwEY1AekVlN0R0-Jh1aKJJBN0VJKpyCA1mKop2RE6BLegKm7oenxXiz-SFyNvNVCorIv3x/s320/5A1F8FF2-AB42-4EBC-B2B4-FE76F2547021_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Hairy-footed Flower Bee</span><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Pt.1, It's Spring!!!<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After Saturday's failure, I was annoyed but not deterred and so went back the next day. Despite the weather [a bit windy].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After finding an empty Quarry again - though the GND was still present in Hope Cove - I pressed on.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, hello there;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSOnDvgdCaSyf5aRKJh4vDJ4bXk5hKK96uZ7AjL6KxdfsFToMXgr1q3LCt7CbuAVdbm4LIpS6ufMpA4Thci0lf9MO1Q1eW2QnBuI6E4fISpyfXV0tb9Mqe8S5tGuNBx220r05Uck3C6ucAH6mGNpLGspZl1WTZbkl52-riNfnrqgwWg1JZCvaPjXxJEoz/s2529/44F0F453-A1C4-47BF-8F0C-788D2C7C624B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2083" data-original-width="2529" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJSOnDvgdCaSyf5aRKJh4vDJ4bXk5hKK96uZ7AjL6KxdfsFToMXgr1q3LCt7CbuAVdbm4LIpS6ufMpA4Thci0lf9MO1Q1eW2QnBuI6E4fISpyfXV0tb9Mqe8S5tGuNBx220r05Uck3C6ucAH6mGNpLGspZl1WTZbkl52-riNfnrqgwWg1JZCvaPjXxJEoz/s320/44F0F453-A1C4-47BF-8F0C-788D2C7C624B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">WHEATEAR!!!!</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sNBobqdAhdgWzpZpnOSJuRaGDqD5V0lZa76LNVHRHYopJ255vAd96YyAJClSpvM3PDRzm-jxae4_C5dG04YT68vy2NBcasQ02vzYGtTywyQBZUD7J0UhWCxujLaVrxW9TUZ61OjxtOTHx04Kd3U_MRTBe9mfBGt63QAELHki_GpmhCfh2-wZbB-aBFRt/s2630/066988C7-4E6D-4430-ABC6-6E2A5CC50990_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2014" data-original-width="2630" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3sNBobqdAhdgWzpZpnOSJuRaGDqD5V0lZa76LNVHRHYopJ255vAd96YyAJClSpvM3PDRzm-jxae4_C5dG04YT68vy2NBcasQ02vzYGtTywyQBZUD7J0UhWCxujLaVrxW9TUZ61OjxtOTHx04Kd3U_MRTBe9mfBGt63QAELHki_GpmhCfh2-wZbB-aBFRt/s320/066988C7-4E6D-4430-ABC6-6E2A5CC50990_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">And another!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wooooooo</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a third lurking along the cliffs of the Sole, but far too flighty to catch on photons, alas [though I think an Irregular may have succeeded later in the day]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="2821" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0nbgUda8Xq6tv-uw88AXIhl63rYmuhNjOBtTblNMJ3jDI0DlFuhY8LKufYlEUMawDsZVxbmY_0SeboQ4YQOi4Z0nIF-ztpuOr2UWEjya0b01LRQicYcKWFjaAqwQfGtWWHnG8HshJ9cA7wSxac2GYUOtGFJiX_9N8R21SofDmNUp4hyV1Mw_g32knXosz/s320/B112C5A6-782E-44C2-9EC9-9766F891B5C6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh the Joy. :D<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I put the news out and Irregulars connected in the afternoon, so even better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cCSTEQ68jOLSxHuzMdunojW5UMo366dfw08YwC9YGwCAJq821TvILE4GDn0_C2nsoIcWjdXwhhQu78MLliLZ3Oh-_36rjSSTCzfpto8pmbnJV2m0_1WI0jExMxRG2c1xghFghtoCAi3tI9U7zIBGMiu6-Sq_C-Q3hZBsbHSakYBDCXBPcbIYrmXuFDI3/s3712/490FA82E-D920-441A-8FBB-AC2742E3604D.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3cCSTEQ68jOLSxHuzMdunojW5UMo366dfw08YwC9YGwCAJq821TvILE4GDn0_C2nsoIcWjdXwhhQu78MLliLZ3Oh-_36rjSSTCzfpto8pmbnJV2m0_1WI0jExMxRG2c1xghFghtoCAi3tI9U7zIBGMiu6-Sq_C-Q3hZBsbHSakYBDCXBPcbIYrmXuFDI3/s320/490FA82E-D920-441A-8FBB-AC2742E3604D.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenfinches feeling frisky</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71cchJNz4rJ_Fyjte0PoRJX3Eo6fnoypuBG3nwqVtUG4UiqDI60iGc8ILYVeVAmVXiGAjTSlujrCPFSlYt1GA2WcnTecwVr9mwJwBDHPW3R7yLti2aWsoRnPbSSxth2R6wqgv8wnJ1-UD7k4NPblhj0wcUksr8FkwI-gJf2a-CcY7ogoMxh6NlyBiKjb9/s3712/33D5316C-6F4A-48EB-A6FE-FC66D7482CC7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj71cchJNz4rJ_Fyjte0PoRJX3Eo6fnoypuBG3nwqVtUG4UiqDI60iGc8ILYVeVAmVXiGAjTSlujrCPFSlYt1GA2WcnTecwVr9mwJwBDHPW3R7yLti2aWsoRnPbSSxth2R6wqgv8wnJ1-UD7k4NPblhj0wcUksr8FkwI-gJf2a-CcY7ogoMxh6NlyBiKjb9/s320/33D5316C-6F4A-48EB-A6FE-FC66D7482CC7.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rockits, too</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1fpJIxI2-3twkyxKldFma0MrOFJ3FOjGacyO008PunGHmESYkTR-DPc4XWFxv3XiL9404w4HeG9jP-05N861YnqcwLruME5QIceBJO33g_gHA_iWMSUpZauq-i31vXTnwh-FM3qpK7iDP3wuA48841lw5am-WwF4KJZcjPA0dQ3CWXxBm2WqQytEeu7p/s3712/25A89FA4-4880-4C9D-B7CA-076D33926533.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb1fpJIxI2-3twkyxKldFma0MrOFJ3FOjGacyO008PunGHmESYkTR-DPc4XWFxv3XiL9404w4HeG9jP-05N861YnqcwLruME5QIceBJO33g_gHA_iWMSUpZauq-i31vXTnwh-FM3qpK7iDP3wuA48841lw5am-WwF4KJZcjPA0dQ3CWXxBm2WqQytEeu7p/s320/25A89FA4-4880-4C9D-B7CA-076D33926533.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Just because the SWBCM</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is switched on </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Doesn't mean we'll get anything good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Only Herring Gulls, it seemed. Oh wait, no. Two small gulls;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBDjjBhyphenhyphenWruDbvjLcFM9HiWndjacKn1xt9imYvwLA1pUjVtInAuLYh3fJY4gUrdo7wsEYtiZlJdXbmUc7YciU6U3nb4PmCnvZBI45N7kK-7powMI6BfxK70U9rUbQ6eCdPxUBmBUi87QYRKO2jzz_bv7kqv1JPF6XGq8vNATFiEg36m7bcaudbOulYh2D/s3712/3FF1C93F-BF52-4E98-9229-597464AF97C5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMBDjjBhyphenhyphenWruDbvjLcFM9HiWndjacKn1xt9imYvwLA1pUjVtInAuLYh3fJY4gUrdo7wsEYtiZlJdXbmUc7YciU6U3nb4PmCnvZBI45N7kK-7powMI6BfxK70U9rUbQ6eCdPxUBmBUi87QYRKO2jzz_bv7kqv1JPF6XGq8vNATFiEg36m7bcaudbOulYh2D/s320/3FF1C93F-BF52-4E98-9229-597464AF97C5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Still rather Common</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A 2cy Med also made an appearance, but I somehow managed to miss it completely, despite taking a flurry of shots.. Oh well, it was well-worn and very pale, so not exactly photogenic.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Of note; not one BHG.</div><div style="text-align: left;">That was a quick clearout.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Chiffchaffs were singing [as was one Blackcap] but also not feeling helpful.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There was a fair bit more going on, but that all awaits.. Part 3!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[Gasp]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-66976636268960576822024-03-19T11:51:00.001+00:002024-03-19T11:51:19.592+00:00Patching. Pt.2, Keeping At It<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A weekend about the Patch. Mostly the Nose, of course, but not just there.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's that time of year again when thoughts turn to Wheatears, those glorious heralds of Spring. They've turned up singly here and there, but not on Patch.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When would they appear? Could I even find one? </div><div style="text-align: left;">[Don't dream about more]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, all you can do is get out there and try.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's end at the start; <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRunR5LGyEJ23WasGPrXFtT0vYwJp0cVn_9zDmcBuU4yEj1wa22AVgJfiG-xJbbW02yPzkMetP6bYRwyr9R0rly0sCb8b0v7dxJQBu-n_GHkVtuNf2y1CyD7gG5MiHtCFmxoec1QJoX_j6g-G5FP9RLSfe274DK1LFiz7CnDyfxGCExW-r7za0BZ0dFap/s3712/2E0AC0A6-AF0C-4C07-8B7E-B78DD3FE22DE.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglRunR5LGyEJ23WasGPrXFtT0vYwJp0cVn_9zDmcBuU4yEj1wa22AVgJfiG-xJbbW02yPzkMetP6bYRwyr9R0rly0sCb8b0v7dxJQBu-n_GHkVtuNf2y1CyD7gG5MiHtCFmxoec1QJoX_j6g-G5FP9RLSfe274DK1LFiz7CnDyfxGCExW-r7za0BZ0dFap/s320/2E0AC0A6-AF0C-4C07-8B7E-B78DD3FE22DE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Irregulars hunting Wheatears</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">The Quarry at the Nose - sheltered from the frisky wind - being checked thoroughly. Irregular the Keen has risked life and limb to go down [via the Traverse of The Gods], while Irregulars the Cautious stay up top and keep overwatch. No Wheatears were found, though the Keen then went out onto the Platform and found 6 Purple Sands, hiding from assorted anglers.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Despite quite a bit of sunshine and a helpful wind direction, we got zip on Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few things seen;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-FQSQ84Wt4gIYp6mO23RG8W3qdJJmGWzfbYdYqtypfxAX6AyF7XDlBLu5ZCxn3JfNVDYWAixz9OKOlfJY904xKSMbBxtufzYMvyME-_ZkTv0FjlC17TRNqMPje2pXRAr-XT_P8qEieafOwMOCoTRkdubHn74pQErqsrK6-yVV2J3bKItvWiRsGAE5VY/s2393/79C8300A-64B3-432A-930D-4BE10C17A14A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1850" data-original-width="2393" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtV-FQSQ84Wt4gIYp6mO23RG8W3qdJJmGWzfbYdYqtypfxAX6AyF7XDlBLu5ZCxn3JfNVDYWAixz9OKOlfJY904xKSMbBxtufzYMvyME-_ZkTv0FjlC17TRNqMPje2pXRAr-XT_P8qEieafOwMOCoTRkdubHn74pQErqsrK6-yVV2J3bKItvWiRsGAE5VY/s320/79C8300A-64B3-432A-930D-4BE10C17A14A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Derrrr-dum</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Seal, stalking</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the anglers... </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGJt29fgGt93fY1vM-vdm0T7lZBZXGluMKQXKD9a_SVDVIr4bG7KZOYvdoRmhtWjHb9nXxOwp64RLtwzo0HkfI8Zp2vVRTqzLX9rbL0-K7ieT6wSTRLurmtAMGmCsiO8zC_rOi2I-qiIoNT72lsmTpkFTMIkjDMVeTK7JiyB3jf2BkVCqXYLCeK_b-_Qw/s2951/57AA5095-9117-4009-98A9-D45E79C43FB3_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2115" data-original-width="2951" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYGJt29fgGt93fY1vM-vdm0T7lZBZXGluMKQXKD9a_SVDVIr4bG7KZOYvdoRmhtWjHb9nXxOwp64RLtwzo0HkfI8Zp2vVRTqzLX9rbL0-K7ieT6wSTRLurmtAMGmCsiO8zC_rOi2I-qiIoNT72lsmTpkFTMIkjDMVeTK7JiyB3jf2BkVCqXYLCeK_b-_Qw/s320/57AA5095-9117-4009-98A9-D45E79C43FB3_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Guillemot,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">in near-Summer plumage </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-RYMxtX9OS5_hnHEKl68eIHLvr1l9VydckpeEw0F1ovvEWB-Wn01A64X8yXcJv-hN6TZ_ePYrkrZf1zXC2PxW5cjFkdalupmHyWQVb_RKzwmSIpetCRV5TioLiFDw293aXKEwkC6mFjRkdQEu9wOUdnTJ3yxAQ3RW_zma9-APOhQW6hxX-ZJhvARyaXA/s3712/3517022B-B088-4783-AC83-6DD880BEE7BA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-RYMxtX9OS5_hnHEKl68eIHLvr1l9VydckpeEw0F1ovvEWB-Wn01A64X8yXcJv-hN6TZ_ePYrkrZf1zXC2PxW5cjFkdalupmHyWQVb_RKzwmSIpetCRV5TioLiFDw293aXKEwkC6mFjRkdQEu9wOUdnTJ3yxAQ3RW_zma9-APOhQW6hxX-ZJhvARyaXA/s320/3517022B-B088-4783-AC83-6DD880BEE7BA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A few more on</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the Ore Stone </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycCCJCrm3nX9merqyaZL_bLD9MAJCI1pI7SjDwhR_A1vwTZUVzqsa3ekLUzW1A3XhLtG_B1nNTcw-ly4cH3X5Dqvi9xU9kg8hjKdqXXxYNlpUoGJqJDdS3bUGZtMd_H2Bi0MQhrzCvCIh87kmthyphenhyphenRkuC-JBMCRfsTsQyRbs2Hux67O3CafQ3B53UOzpC7/s3322/993E542A-EF2F-4F30-B158-BDA951DBE38B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2539" data-original-width="3322" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgycCCJCrm3nX9merqyaZL_bLD9MAJCI1pI7SjDwhR_A1vwTZUVzqsa3ekLUzW1A3XhLtG_B1nNTcw-ly4cH3X5Dqvi9xU9kg8hjKdqXXxYNlpUoGJqJDdS3bUGZtMd_H2Bi0MQhrzCvCIh87kmthyphenhyphenRkuC-JBMCRfsTsQyRbs2Hux67O3CafQ3B53UOzpC7/s320/993E542A-EF2F-4F30-B158-BDA951DBE38B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Northern Diver</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Loitering with Intent to terrorise crabs in Hope Cove. Not a sniff of summer plumage, so most likely a 2cy.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEaiOhcba2RJKxFLIyLkwK2iq2x-8eEJFfm9LK26CO0rsNvcQTFmiUY6euBMmB0-YKrhJe61llweX7ckhAu5-JoPlb1IYZ0N5Urf9MCcQ_fO2XJysyFNfCVKmfpbvdBmBwnayh5JmgKU-9yrOx9hCibOt3PK0MhLIKEWJvUipTdtyOrgCULfOH_uoXdWs/s3520/E9BFE2CE-E3BA-4355-97F5-16673FE9B1FC_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2511" data-original-width="3520" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEaiOhcba2RJKxFLIyLkwK2iq2x-8eEJFfm9LK26CO0rsNvcQTFmiUY6euBMmB0-YKrhJe61llweX7ckhAu5-JoPlb1IYZ0N5Urf9MCcQ_fO2XJysyFNfCVKmfpbvdBmBwnayh5JmgKU-9yrOx9hCibOt3PK0MhLIKEWJvUipTdtyOrgCULfOH_uoXdWs/s320/E9BFE2CE-E3BA-4355-97F5-16673FE9B1FC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Roosting Oyks,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[also one on The Lead Stone] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kKU1jLxYFoaz22UzpwIUb520grp4rDQv3OZXwEn9eFjcx_ackWfZ4gsRxjHBQfdt5npYL4L8BUiF8EgmyHV5xn09YQpu2BJcbMwR2cBzVzVW6-0yQy71aam_Z7Q6B65RoMq5z6-mG3VENZiQVjza7pcWuo9UsvDZ11FeJeHf9a1DATX4FTdY88pmgx4v/s3090/75DB66A4-BC83-49DC-B68E-78C574F23CCD_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="3090" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0kKU1jLxYFoaz22UzpwIUb520grp4rDQv3OZXwEn9eFjcx_ackWfZ4gsRxjHBQfdt5npYL4L8BUiF8EgmyHV5xn09YQpu2BJcbMwR2cBzVzVW6-0yQy71aam_Z7Q6B65RoMq5z6-mG3VENZiQVjza7pcWuo9UsvDZ11FeJeHf9a1DATX4FTdY88pmgx4v/s320/75DB66A4-BC83-49DC-B68E-78C574F23CCD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's always</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The Deceiver </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-JydnfK3LF9WrEnaOt4IDWGJNNeA4ZXwtNiJYpkxpy-N6p_4Wd9XVfFSYs99_P93IEXwUVS2LPB9hQ48tnh_KoInYDWbL2FzeKlbzR8W1Zye0dK3DrkYIpnKW0nTjBmeZqPamPiOQlTBe98gK26wf_M2wKfWwCUBO0faj-PJe9jD06d_xTr0mJpKFSaC/s1729/D1CC4332-F257-4EA7-8EE1-40C3DF2E9C3C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1437" data-original-width="1729" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9-JydnfK3LF9WrEnaOt4IDWGJNNeA4ZXwtNiJYpkxpy-N6p_4Wd9XVfFSYs99_P93IEXwUVS2LPB9hQ48tnh_KoInYDWbL2FzeKlbzR8W1Zye0dK3DrkYIpnKW0nTjBmeZqPamPiOQlTBe98gK26wf_M2wKfWwCUBO0faj-PJe9jD06d_xTr0mJpKFSaC/s320/D1CC4332-F257-4EA7-8EE1-40C3DF2E9C3C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pine Ladybird</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">or a Harlequin? </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[If anyone is wondering why I'm starting with the second part of a post which is about the first part of the weekend... You haven't been reading this long, have you? ;) ]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-17075806640185606032024-03-17T19:54:00.002+00:002024-03-17T19:54:18.306+00:00Waxwings Are Pretty Good, Too<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Filthily twitched after work on Friday, and in defiance of rain and more rain, behold;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZva70ed9e_j3h0epAIIbq3FcA-_NYYG-Q3iDscGc6-wv-wHGewL_sFaVwYUceHKlkxNNfKdEOYkwPlb7qeW9RSAAeYVbmWDcZQOLvq50jDJ54EckxTKGYBQwTmHoRIefdrvuVbYghLcUWs9dzc6N_gvPmd1VB4KPssc3a7iQJI2LV0IqPwlLJdH8i-iR/s2720/2746E745-20D6-4ED1-809E-71F1E373E74B_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2720" data-original-width="2119" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxZva70ed9e_j3h0epAIIbq3FcA-_NYYG-Q3iDscGc6-wv-wHGewL_sFaVwYUceHKlkxNNfKdEOYkwPlb7qeW9RSAAeYVbmWDcZQOLvq50jDJ54EckxTKGYBQwTmHoRIefdrvuVbYghLcUWs9dzc6N_gvPmd1VB4KPssc3a7iQJI2LV0IqPwlLJdH8i-iR/s320/2746E745-20D6-4ED1-809E-71F1E373E74B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="249" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Waxwing!!</span><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRSyg16sqIbTYMDwd65UA5VHa9hej4m-TY6X2VeCWqPeuKzaEAhBH__AwC1k8V9asACbBGR_Y16pBUPyIe2HFov-rcAeg9CgB1joX9G6POs26ufyjCiNtq5DVpJzZE7xOH4qkSBW3Z2kbeD-WT952EVXLjvXAKDgxk9wkSCjz2WujsWmjrpxMhswyeWck/s3110/6D0C84E7-813A-4E24-B532-46667180A99A_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2421" data-original-width="3110" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRSyg16sqIbTYMDwd65UA5VHa9hej4m-TY6X2VeCWqPeuKzaEAhBH__AwC1k8V9asACbBGR_Y16pBUPyIe2HFov-rcAeg9CgB1joX9G6POs26ufyjCiNtq5DVpJzZE7xOH4qkSBW3Z2kbeD-WT952EVXLjvXAKDgxk9wkSCjz2WujsWmjrpxMhswyeWck/s320/6D0C84E7-813A-4E24-B532-46667180A99A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Strike a pose, dahlink</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Though it has to be said,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkvI3X9NpssZ7_We2nBobVCEo3pwNrB3M98i_ggfTJG3VyHX05OzvOsvZ_7W1L84xZ5A26P469geFmOvlxvhpYJfAgIyqXSkAzLhzcCa3A6jYjDlSeyAAWq1d35kMG6QX3pqrGSdl41Ow-KC6BzaFX9ldaxuBqPhWguR5Len9hVnAII-Y2YEBOeHItnKi/s2365/56C9B0B5-5A5A-4125-9D66-F9F01A31BBEA_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="2185" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTkvI3X9NpssZ7_We2nBobVCEo3pwNrB3M98i_ggfTJG3VyHX05OzvOsvZ_7W1L84xZ5A26P469geFmOvlxvhpYJfAgIyqXSkAzLhzcCa3A6jYjDlSeyAAWq1d35kMG6QX3pqrGSdl41Ow-KC6BzaFX9ldaxuBqPhWguR5Len9hVnAII-Y2YEBOeHItnKi/s320/56C9B0B5-5A5A-4125-9D66-F9F01A31BBEA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Soggy Starling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">for the win </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">THAT is how you pose for the camera, birdies.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And that is how you hit 150 species, birders.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-20613083924283554832024-03-15T18:14:00.001+00:002024-03-15T18:14:53.439+00:00I Like Little Buntings<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">News was released on Monday of a Little Bunting with the Cirl and Reed varieties at Broadsands.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Tuesday saw me fighting my way over after work, defying wind and dizzle. Despite over-keen 'togs and loose dogs, eventually this glorious little beauty showed quite nicely,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfjJdZJkExd0kdNTySZKo9whHxaCpeqLowqCr2-AtQW5LaYzAw_XyldlFff8I1isx777OEwr33FKBn0GlkhKegFz1I59rPUqbf6ceMKbYPXMQBCUQXCNrSZ_G7VLXP-8viYYIn5GRoleGB8Qcbb1WuC7ceWXcTFoX7jsQ28EQJQdIZF8lx0dyGhO8XiB4/s2780/F5F3D4BB-9096-4062-9BB0-A29AD80E60F0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2202" data-original-width="2780" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLfjJdZJkExd0kdNTySZKo9whHxaCpeqLowqCr2-AtQW5LaYzAw_XyldlFff8I1isx777OEwr33FKBn0GlkhKegFz1I59rPUqbf6ceMKbYPXMQBCUQXCNrSZ_G7VLXP-8viYYIn5GRoleGB8Qcbb1WuC7ceWXcTFoX7jsQ28EQJQdIZF8lx0dyGhO8XiB4/s320/F5F3D4BB-9096-4062-9BB0-A29AD80E60F0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Little Bunting</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Much prettier than the Autumn variety.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRI847IVveCWZsyPF6DZzb2AjUHhxlky5bm2Kj7LqOemuPjuRjXdbNGo6tJy9Y9S1H4NpmWqRgtDG7rfRLy1MIq9fVRlGCeq5ZS4LoJceWb3lCZ5Ki8ERw77a8cSsq6e3pRj6a9csqfeOSj8-GGJTW5XO-dlwCwdIwYOlQjVMv6wWeiJjtHiqI0eo4L7Hd/s3332/E759256F-2EE5-4FDB-8B8A-8ED0361719E8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2482" data-original-width="3332" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRI847IVveCWZsyPF6DZzb2AjUHhxlky5bm2Kj7LqOemuPjuRjXdbNGo6tJy9Y9S1H4NpmWqRgtDG7rfRLy1MIq9fVRlGCeq5ZS4LoJceWb3lCZ5Ki8ERw77a8cSsq6e3pRj6a9csqfeOSj8-GGJTW5XO-dlwCwdIwYOlQjVMv6wWeiJjtHiqI0eo4L7Hd/s320/E759256F-2EE5-4FDB-8B8A-8ED0361719E8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Reed</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[much brighter ones present,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">but less obliging] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3IDOzTbJTi-XpytCTVwdYz0xE_45FyQTRXQ_Cnwb64MvL636n2oknxw-H0lEmS2WcKcMof1XP0vXdywgZ41q2l1KcAPiqaKLrP0y8Gg9Yh-v5IZ091uG0Ekr_ELdDMJUgInUReDT75NBfba4mJ9zh7kwFxLijxa0jh6u0DsBue1C8ABI9Kh2dGxfotUm/s3153/A8B5FA3F-E157-40AA-95A7-A128F6D75486_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2417" data-original-width="3153" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY3IDOzTbJTi-XpytCTVwdYz0xE_45FyQTRXQ_Cnwb64MvL636n2oknxw-H0lEmS2WcKcMof1XP0vXdywgZ41q2l1KcAPiqaKLrP0y8Gg9Yh-v5IZ091uG0Ekr_ELdDMJUgInUReDT75NBfba4mJ9zh7kwFxLijxa0jh6u0DsBue1C8ABI9Kh2dGxfotUm/s320/A8B5FA3F-E157-40AA-95A7-A128F6D75486_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cirl</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQRMljrXJtw3GwlkBwDFMAMx4go1w58T7nOH99me4RolhMt881quGVeB2LFnYRnio8HCFkjIiiJY0C6LouQPIILxvKLaZVnDg8QwyRZPuGeoT9vPrpOv8bLI6YlRx4azCpSM2iYBA1yjnxo-6MtveO8wlLSoio7IPnAGQgF0r5I-vTTjricSd92Sx3s0u/s2655/EB1B5AA3-26D9-42CB-8A64-3C501DF5B961_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1781" data-original-width="2655" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQRMljrXJtw3GwlkBwDFMAMx4go1w58T7nOH99me4RolhMt881quGVeB2LFnYRnio8HCFkjIiiJY0C6LouQPIILxvKLaZVnDg8QwyRZPuGeoT9vPrpOv8bLI6YlRx4azCpSM2iYBA1yjnxo-6MtveO8wlLSoio7IPnAGQgF0r5I-vTTjricSd92Sx3s0u/s320/EB1B5AA3-26D9-42CB-8A64-3C501DF5B961_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Little, showing bright bold head</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">colours, including crown stripe.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If it had been sunnier and calmer, much better pics would have resulted, but hey, them's the breaks.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">149.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-25201065059492475552024-03-14T18:54:00.002+00:002024-03-14T18:54:26.920+00:00A Lion, I Think<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There is a saying, that March marches in like a lion and out like a lamb, or in like a lamb and out like a lion.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I think, with the wind on Friday and the rain and hail on Sunday, that it is just about the former.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But then again, with the weather going the way it is... Who knows?!?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, I got out twice about the Patch, and it was... Interesting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I got no yearticks [couple of annoying near-misses, though], but you got to keep at it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5UILtcV8uLaivUSV_T3hihHQjZMjlRvTWE-DIyOHKVywynPrgrJo6PKRSKU7A51v-uCLuRZgv_BEoP5WMKbgCXcQEZzp2mx752UJ3yhEg6ZFdfRI03BC4-JugwT60y9S4DygjLGmCbIkUX7RwOCo9Sdj8wqCUQC_Vogz_qE2W_upuVq6p6EVC8mMbytw/s3150/58ECE665-F889-4BFA-BF23-B19CE8DB7E4F_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2150" data-original-width="3150" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5UILtcV8uLaivUSV_T3hihHQjZMjlRvTWE-DIyOHKVywynPrgrJo6PKRSKU7A51v-uCLuRZgv_BEoP5WMKbgCXcQEZzp2mx752UJ3yhEg6ZFdfRI03BC4-JugwT60y9S4DygjLGmCbIkUX7RwOCo9Sdj8wqCUQC_Vogz_qE2W_upuVq6p6EVC8mMbytw/s320/58ECE665-F889-4BFA-BF23-B19CE8DB7E4F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The only sheltered water in a</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">strong NE wind... Grebes?? </span><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoklU3Q97FXO4sE-Qh8MPwWq4Qa3ht-nrSaXo4Nsnejro9FxSOO2EOuU1KbJm2zC21BR44pBnTKOfK7nwnOFaCxBBhhyphenhyphenhQzzgqfp83mZ1YHkIqV3cqpQePgTGAEqUfs0HrqQjQrnC1KNxAuRGTqU_45q2XB-2d9ml9DLbhXQyMmXL58j5suvUtS4s7nrY/s3712/0D9276AB-F570-4DEF-B1E3-1432C4F421B5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHoklU3Q97FXO4sE-Qh8MPwWq4Qa3ht-nrSaXo4Nsnejro9FxSOO2EOuU1KbJm2zC21BR44pBnTKOfK7nwnOFaCxBBhhyphenhyphenhQzzgqfp83mZ1YHkIqV3cqpQePgTGAEqUfs0HrqQjQrnC1KNxAuRGTqU_45q2XB-2d9ml9DLbhXQyMmXL58j5suvUtS4s7nrY/s320/0D9276AB-F570-4DEF-B1E3-1432C4F421B5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Paignton Harbour getting it</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1dOXdm4g5J0MQQlGETP3snDs-UsHTVFxZv_rwSlZBDrd8hyphenhyphen-WqGy54rUDM1WZjmg-guoKbB0RCDH26S6khg3x_R4ZSU84Q9fEpTLXpn1E36Hvoxh98bsH8dOn-LapASy3gxXOQqhAl7ltd4245YL4i0eeg_uOwR8S-9ea6QO6kln2g6DnBTEwGwEledD/s3712/7AC13D43-1DA6-44FA-95B2-CCC6326A92E6.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq1dOXdm4g5J0MQQlGETP3snDs-UsHTVFxZv_rwSlZBDrd8hyphenhyphen-WqGy54rUDM1WZjmg-guoKbB0RCDH26S6khg3x_R4ZSU84Q9fEpTLXpn1E36Hvoxh98bsH8dOn-LapASy3gxXOQqhAl7ltd4245YL4i0eeg_uOwR8S-9ea6QO6kln2g6DnBTEwGwEledD/s320/7AC13D43-1DA6-44FA-95B2-CCC6326A92E6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I ought to stop putting</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">wave shots up </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdYyiQfz6e0fZLf1JEnUR9gpkNyMezK2xN3lzzK5o_a3vSsRJ0wF5beq-nm_kpY9aGNTR4Ih6dJEXjRh5L9Iz0Ycjxip8ftxecfbbZBTE-zyC7VLTLoF8BJ04g7yqDnst_BBCo1i3D3etR89EcNvAK63APAUPYMMbu3DRjJT43tCbW57-fDdjEIlc60g_/s3712/2E1C62B4-E035-452C-8C5C-49906C8BB281_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2010" data-original-width="3712" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirdYyiQfz6e0fZLf1JEnUR9gpkNyMezK2xN3lzzK5o_a3vSsRJ0wF5beq-nm_kpY9aGNTR4Ih6dJEXjRh5L9Iz0Ycjxip8ftxecfbbZBTE-zyC7VLTLoF8BJ04g7yqDnst_BBCo1i3D3etR89EcNvAK63APAUPYMMbu3DRjJT43tCbW57-fDdjEIlc60g_/s320/2E1C62B4-E035-452C-8C5C-49906C8BB281_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A few birds!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A long group of 200+ small gulls [you try counting them in that swell] and at least 3 GC Grebes [look closely] were it [where are the frickin' BNGs?!?], with assorted bigger gulls mooching about. One might have been something good, but it buggered off towards The Bridge and I couldn't get enough on it to be sure [Drat].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I was there [late afternoon, due to work and so on], there was a steady passage of <i>alba</i> Wagtails overhead - cutting over the north Bay - towards the Inner Harbour roost site. This one was on deck,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWsVxhfuqnosD5L7vkYjKDHEOEdCiN9EYOmanr9ur1Y0ZcOhME2PSow0DdyA3rAbB9vcIBt4wq3Kl_uQKMa3_8juzWtRNc1nkjDkY5Y_oQMvWkC9HnQgIlC9k3OjEVlXRv_VnIHw2dJfEebamV-n69Ud8wKmqHfntgk4YH6LJIRtDXEMhGYARGwZ_2Njn/s3002/505CEB7C-C9EC-450B-AB24-4B26D29AB534_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2166" data-original-width="3002" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWsVxhfuqnosD5L7vkYjKDHEOEdCiN9EYOmanr9ur1Y0ZcOhME2PSow0DdyA3rAbB9vcIBt4wq3Kl_uQKMa3_8juzWtRNc1nkjDkY5Y_oQMvWkC9HnQgIlC9k3OjEVlXRv_VnIHw2dJfEebamV-n69Ud8wKmqHfntgk4YH6LJIRtDXEMhGYARGwZ_2Njn/s320/505CEB7C-C9EC-450B-AB24-4B26D29AB534_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Pied Wagtail</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[black utcs] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A party of rooftop gulls contained only one non-Herring;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdJN8AKMsafDD5kpz6kBog0idy7sDRA59hzdzOclFhs57rzuTWoK9kS0YQJlXlS45kJdQOMFvwzJLIQjqC_A_StQEkvHSAnE2WJjf-ezW61JinnmBUISWPLuzvmtL3D4pdH_CY4nBbdQg2U1DMTn9s6PxfaquZ96VmkJt6W-xa8gKtRhfl_8I-SisbCnL/s3712/56FA6770-F0E5-4C95-A3F1-450C25062573.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrdJN8AKMsafDD5kpz6kBog0idy7sDRA59hzdzOclFhs57rzuTWoK9kS0YQJlXlS45kJdQOMFvwzJLIQjqC_A_StQEkvHSAnE2WJjf-ezW61JinnmBUISWPLuzvmtL3D4pdH_CY4nBbdQg2U1DMTn9s6PxfaquZ96VmkJt6W-xa8gKtRhfl_8I-SisbCnL/s320/56FA6770-F0E5-4C95-A3F1-450C25062573.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Adult LBB</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Two days later, and the morning at least was quite nice;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPqZTsfgxWHmj7jdq5krEtOXVpKTWBNzBioZxdKY0eETHw86_kYAGSVAghoUwsV6Tr5MA679a-pQCixAaNF4rARhT0ZP0DK_YpfQKaqzjKfvCgiAbVKDU3BWXR1MgV_gdLPpXHhDKjq1owfIEC5cYNYhMRp-i__wrGprmvoZpK08nIBXH1qXzNOL1BtzX/s3712/A973448A-A6E4-4443-8E2A-4816AEFBF69C.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjPqZTsfgxWHmj7jdq5krEtOXVpKTWBNzBioZxdKY0eETHw86_kYAGSVAghoUwsV6Tr5MA679a-pQCixAaNF4rARhT0ZP0DK_YpfQKaqzjKfvCgiAbVKDU3BWXR1MgV_gdLPpXHhDKjq1owfIEC5cYNYhMRp-i__wrGprmvoZpK08nIBXH1qXzNOL1BtzX/s320/A973448A-A6E4-4443-8E2A-4816AEFBF69C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">It's raining on Yarner</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzShpTSTA0_btJvM8ki4VomTWF8XV0d91A7rygo-SLg2CBYkWrMmBLmmZfe2dz9qDg2m3SN9kR2BKTaKA8SFPzD_rf19N3KyLj-UZ6-YjSxaLXAs2YngUuZMcmqDqVHJA31_9EYlt-KLMQgaOS85Uo885dbiKXpToQPX65vVrEJcSGFd9i6UTTYcr-LGH/s2794/E278CF99-7F5A-4D7E-9ABD-716D73C4937D_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2435" data-original-width="2794" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbzShpTSTA0_btJvM8ki4VomTWF8XV0d91A7rygo-SLg2CBYkWrMmBLmmZfe2dz9qDg2m3SN9kR2BKTaKA8SFPzD_rf19N3KyLj-UZ6-YjSxaLXAs2YngUuZMcmqDqVHJA31_9EYlt-KLMQgaOS85Uo885dbiKXpToQPX65vVrEJcSGFd9i6UTTYcr-LGH/s320/E278CF99-7F5A-4D7E-9ABD-716D73C4937D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Garden escapee</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the Folks', a Chiffchaff sang, and looking after it - cue it exiting at pace - led to finding a couple more, playing chase. Ok, one was chasing the other, and eventually drove it off. No calling, or anything helpful, which was a bugger as again there was the possibility of something more. Oh well. Eyes staying open.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Back Home, something nice to finish with,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL9CqwWfy5sKHIA_EA00EPeOjXCFOtaDEnrl6m3tbICQgFSFuq7WeIyXzHDAcCF8VSQ_hSzI4vl1ur2MIrqCJiAVzggHFTZCrtzLkELMIeYIGkQRwP7_g7i9inrD_K5JkUlw6y5aMgmwipRu3Qi1T8Mmo6f2mms_vx8EWa8lZKJ6h0ypgaMVkf5Nm2EJ9/s3286/BC7AC631-7C46-4177-A4BD-FCD22C6FC69A_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2491" data-original-width="3286" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUL9CqwWfy5sKHIA_EA00EPeOjXCFOtaDEnrl6m3tbICQgFSFuq7WeIyXzHDAcCF8VSQ_hSzI4vl1ur2MIrqCJiAVzggHFTZCrtzLkELMIeYIGkQRwP7_g7i9inrD_K5JkUlw6y5aMgmwipRu3Qi1T8Mmo6f2mms_vx8EWa8lZKJ6h0ypgaMVkf5Nm2EJ9/s320/BC7AC631-7C46-4177-A4BD-FCD22C6FC69A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">La Greenfinch</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-51453376734199211172024-03-07T17:56:00.001+00:002024-03-07T17:56:06.929+00:00Getting Out And About. Pt.2, Taking A Break From The Madness<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After all Saturday's 'fun', I was filled with the usual woe of dipping [<b><i>Again</i></b>. I really dislike Kumlien's Gulls*].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A nice amble with the Folks, Sister the Even Younger, and both Hounds Of Dooooom [well, slobber at least] about Yarner seemed like a good idea.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lookit;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_eO7g3efOqMHIpOS2A7kjM0K4RpzQRAK0YHuhJ6wlVsyBS67hSg4zLqQlVciXO2-BKNvd6pKFMp1AmHROh7TK88Vk9xoUNrUZbwax7oqGwbE-fiRpfXYZsTQce4DesKPGuBpYA-q7i_YDt-tlPeIDmWt7hHVdoPca40xJSGtWqm_PNeZwRKdAzGJZ_Pa/s2756/BA5122B9-BF2D-4322-B276-FEEEAF2BD21C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2756" data-original-width="2677" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_eO7g3efOqMHIpOS2A7kjM0K4RpzQRAK0YHuhJ6wlVsyBS67hSg4zLqQlVciXO2-BKNvd6pKFMp1AmHROh7TK88Vk9xoUNrUZbwax7oqGwbE-fiRpfXYZsTQce4DesKPGuBpYA-q7i_YDt-tlPeIDmWt7hHVdoPca40xJSGtWqm_PNeZwRKdAzGJZ_Pa/s320/BA5122B9-BF2D-4322-B276-FEEEAF2BD21C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="311" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tree Ferns</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2283" data-original-width="2955" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFB6GESqU9ZuvvpnUFeBRfDKoG_9wWsbY3qj_VFbCh6hgM4Or4T1MIRPh-10o-q4G_-6Aj206gLnNs_s8cewd6wiOKRA0B5qXsLcdUIzo2_ekyTCijftK0Pp9QGsCB0s9-ZajfH5Z18ZQhAVwudzu1K0NXupmeJvtAkJs1pz2YDyeY_O39EXDAE1nlY3qu/s320/372AF0AA-B2D8-4410-8F90-60D2D74D88F9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Quoth the Raven;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Damn mossies.." </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzue5fVjASY_PvtBZAh_DuLLJRa5KvWkOtBBtmfu8XTkzprW7i2awWrTO13j7ShKrIq8uDzfqmiRSRRVlwuwjrIMKsgmvpZVM1deG82iNWLDKTckGA7L_gkL5oPP_on1zAPGcANN_3yunm9pU4QLx7GgchI8OccUcsVVAJMVj6xLUUPCVFNvGAtPg98cB/s3432/83019F13-9EAD-4E73-B5B8-C9A2346E3ACB_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2154" data-original-width="3432" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWzue5fVjASY_PvtBZAh_DuLLJRa5KvWkOtBBtmfu8XTkzprW7i2awWrTO13j7ShKrIq8uDzfqmiRSRRVlwuwjrIMKsgmvpZVM1deG82iNWLDKTckGA7L_gkL5oPP_on1zAPGcANN_3yunm9pU4QLx7GgchI8OccUcsVVAJMVj6xLUUPCVFNvGAtPg98cB/s320/83019F13-9EAD-4E73-B5B8-C9A2346E3ACB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wood Ants!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rBGBdLvTaE5PXgpZhGShtzE6cmdcIjq6d6uNofaZViXjSquwrgLy8ijqdOBWgCzFE5Vt5VQNKWAxpdaKyDR5mnS3IJfuELh9qiRc__vqNaLl63qiEb5PTGvACLAzYA1r83kHQQVJ3a9NI45h1dwOGHpolPnOWOdRo99J38Gju1VX2IfmDqztsqfbikzc/s3382/7BD731A3-B494-4893-8A4F-6A1B96524158_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2309" data-original-width="3382" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6rBGBdLvTaE5PXgpZhGShtzE6cmdcIjq6d6uNofaZViXjSquwrgLy8ijqdOBWgCzFE5Vt5VQNKWAxpdaKyDR5mnS3IJfuELh9qiRc__vqNaLl63qiEb5PTGvACLAzYA1r83kHQQVJ3a9NI45h1dwOGHpolPnOWOdRo99J38Gju1VX2IfmDqztsqfbikzc/s320/7BD731A3-B494-4893-8A4F-6A1B96524158_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Industrial archaeology!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yarner Copper Mine</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[slightly disused] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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This is close to mile marker 5, btw. The railway [why not call it that?] ran from the quarries near Hay Tor and Holwell Tor [just down from Emsworthy on the right, go look next time you're there] down to the Stover Canal [and thence down Teign to Teignmouth]. There's a trail that follows it, the Templar Way [named for rich people, not crusaders, btw], marked with little orange and black badges.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After that little aside, I suppose a few birds are in order. Marsh Tits showed well again, but they were the highlight [well, nice if brief Grey Wag at the ex-pond hide]. A Green Woodpecker yaffled and a GSW drummed [once, very briefly], the usual tits and so on sang.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We got rained and sunned on, but the latter when we stopped for coffee and japflacks [which is the important bit]. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* "It wasn't one", you say? Still counts as a dip, says I. ]]<br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-55857869266590198432024-03-05T18:04:00.003+00:002024-03-05T18:04:58.444+00:00Getting Out And About. Pt.1, Wanted: Arctic Wanderers<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Holes to fill and targets of opportunity to find. Never mind the showers or that bladdy coff, get out there!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kumlien's Gull has a long and painful history for me, on account of dipping horribly all the time.* So despite the technical issues of a gull turning up at sunset, seen only by looking into said setting sun, I was going to go for it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But before that, a nice flock of Barnacle Geese had turned up at Exminster. I needed Barnie for the year, and proper wild ones [39? Come on. These ones aren't 'escapes'. {And see previous posts for the alternative}] were even better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">IF I could find them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We have been playing <i>les buggeures risibles</i> with geese, assorted, all year, haven't we?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_hjcZFJLXyhx-7XtA9MwflZ2Zjlbzw_z6S-GU9zAm_COMCr1G7dR2vBFLr46yBAn0HOnyQCIT9GOhaQL4Uu3Hq3FCMS-5VJ8zmU1ktBgskbzegp9UUXTB7DACfBJqdHr0zCo_fzuWUQzPDNVpCuHnyqhgHX-kx6G8BCnDJ7jn1J2kOWPSZ2UE6srgXsy/s3623/964C622B-F57C-4783-B8CF-694DA5D7217C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2337" data-original-width="3623" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_hjcZFJLXyhx-7XtA9MwflZ2Zjlbzw_z6S-GU9zAm_COMCr1G7dR2vBFLr46yBAn0HOnyQCIT9GOhaQL4Uu3Hq3FCMS-5VJ8zmU1ktBgskbzegp9UUXTB7DACfBJqdHr0zCo_fzuWUQzPDNVpCuHnyqhgHX-kx6G8BCnDJ7jn1J2kOWPSZ2UE6srgXsy/s320/964C622B-F57C-4783-B8CF-694DA5D7217C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spoiler alert?</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">So, Exminster in the Sun</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOpMhEbXk2qVh3y-09sGTXn03zg45olCNnW_-_CnnULmP07l2MvirUrR6LnMQUbnrk-ugZu2JXMs8Mn_RfGaksUm4WK29PPCNXjp1tfwLefqvUXLC6l5DlHn5IjXuFGap5sh-4TzXnV8Kzd0MIKpfgFhNez_FfXiXTIRQGbKE-_ZkRWCK3HF8mjKDNKbv/s3650/A2FB6959-B15A-4B56-B3E0-4F9B40CA9F46_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2349" data-original-width="3650" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpOpMhEbXk2qVh3y-09sGTXn03zg45olCNnW_-_CnnULmP07l2MvirUrR6LnMQUbnrk-ugZu2JXMs8Mn_RfGaksUm4WK29PPCNXjp1tfwLefqvUXLC6l5DlHn5IjXuFGap5sh-4TzXnV8Kzd0MIKpfgFhNez_FfXiXTIRQGbKE-_ZkRWCK3HF8mjKDNKbv/s320/A2FB6959-B15A-4B56-B3E0-4F9B40CA9F46_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Out there, somewhere</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Barnacles were hiding right at the back, as far from human sight as possible; they certainly seemed to think they were wild.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The weather was in the same mood;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtZVjnQ6MpddwcELnPAaf0fHQuX_rI0R3boVCGfeFCEsgUyDjclR8KoRH1iI7wi5DZlliMm5Etfn4WRVgLV5XysTDIlfSffh0TN59nx6rXKV__zihXKf1wjzWO3PYLEfLVE1ZOxc0uf8KThlcTxrVkTOmC4bmF2U2yHujmkTDsGBAxgFSUYRPxA64CHlV/s3615/5C48B02E-6A9B-4495-8F4E-9571AB726D15_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2230" data-original-width="3615" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOtZVjnQ6MpddwcELnPAaf0fHQuX_rI0R3boVCGfeFCEsgUyDjclR8KoRH1iI7wi5DZlliMm5Etfn4WRVgLV5XysTDIlfSffh0TN59nx6rXKV__zihXKf1wjzWO3PYLEfLVE1ZOxc0uf8KThlcTxrVkTOmC4bmF2U2yHujmkTDsGBAxgFSUYRPxA64CHlV/s320/5C48B02E-6A9B-4495-8F4E-9571AB726D15_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">..and not so Sun.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Big squally showers were prowling around - not everywhere, some spots stayed dry all day - and the Sun was low and right in the eyes. Often at the same time, which is just cheating.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">But when it wasn't raining or hailing sideways, it wasn't that bad. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz7DFuSYVHEWmdnlH-GffiEd663ClmVO98cFLepP3_hvcFfphOAxQOqm78OvhNp9xqzHEJNf4gRxlvWTBag8xs7A9eVEMbMQJo4ZlWKvWee0GvukU6PftxwtfZkbV_32paNy6H98YF4ddLmFpSf_NF3wcDmC76wzSz2QCICA20zZ7dySDwtEwScthFnj_/s3712/A13773A1-F9FE-44B0-BD91-4A4B8CA1D841.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTz7DFuSYVHEWmdnlH-GffiEd663ClmVO98cFLepP3_hvcFfphOAxQOqm78OvhNp9xqzHEJNf4gRxlvWTBag8xs7A9eVEMbMQJo4ZlWKvWee0GvukU6PftxwtfZkbV_32paNy6H98YF4ddLmFpSf_NF3wcDmC76wzSz2QCICA20zZ7dySDwtEwScthFnj_/s320/A13773A1-F9FE-44B0-BD91-4A4B8CA1D841.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spring?</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A Skylark sang when the Sun shone, and a couple of Cetti's periodically joined in. The grass-feeding Curlew were carefully checked, but again no Ruff was with them.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right, nice detour. Time to get to the 'It comes to roost on Bull Hill' part of the day.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was being thorough, and figured the KG had to be somewhere before dusk, so tried checking all the loafing gulls off Mudbank, and worked my way down to Shelly Beach.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHHrz2uKcDN0N5R4Y_yb1Md84ySl5pKOgyIA-8Jy9AsP5WEeFkPoC4xoN8XGrlLvQvNsCNSG80paf5pOhKAY4mHhz3qQUbLvhhkebr4peqvqHoQLUaWvbwq0aTXBTcInen78440h3xNB6yOvG5auYPd9k3D_AfhBhgG-EasdopujLrr8rBnDggwAQ6JV/s3668/CF5E08E0-A523-4B37-9635-A2AF3CD6865F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2107" data-original-width="3668" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5yHHrz2uKcDN0N5R4Y_yb1Md84ySl5pKOgyIA-8Jy9AsP5WEeFkPoC4xoN8XGrlLvQvNsCNSG80paf5pOhKAY4mHhz3qQUbLvhhkebr4peqvqHoQLUaWvbwq0aTXBTcInen78440h3xNB6yOvG5auYPd9k3D_AfhBhgG-EasdopujLrr8rBnDggwAQ6JV/s320/CF5E08E0-A523-4B37-9635-A2AF3CD6865F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Looking back to Mudbank from Imperial</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing even slightly Kumlieny was seen on the way, though as I and another hopeful settled down to withstand the icy wind and frequent salvoes of rain and hail [still with full Sun glare, see above], the only thing really nice was a party of 3 of the Eider lurking about the Exe mouth,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_LE8Ue5CO_CKImKxg_PrOWLXMHwy6gISVPC2cEEnHwkCgxqFHzHtLSlMWYVphLEsp1vdY7JhdHLivfdN-z1jcdVV3l5xGY7ip1-W6SUjUPEuXLu1KPYPUCABIMKFE_YCBcXYNlQyf9xHUBi5-b-w52rQOPX2HOBLSTp9C7HXvMAo7RRKwQVaSP63RaXy/s3125/4F639396-E3DF-4F61-AA13-6AF42B84E5E6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="3125" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_LE8Ue5CO_CKImKxg_PrOWLXMHwy6gISVPC2cEEnHwkCgxqFHzHtLSlMWYVphLEsp1vdY7JhdHLivfdN-z1jcdVV3l5xGY7ip1-W6SUjUPEuXLu1KPYPUCABIMKFE_YCBcXYNlQyf9xHUBi5-b-w52rQOPX2HOBLSTp9C7HXvMAo7RRKwQVaSP63RaXy/s320/4F639396-E3DF-4F61-AA13-6AF42B84E5E6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Two outta three and all that</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Eventually my companion was beaten by time. Then the Sun finally dipped behind Haldon and I could see a whole lot better. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, apart from all the darkness.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdD5yvbO4pbc7Uo1Qi4qSeeOA0iVVHKJM-7ETk4E9Qumo-RqfNLFuDDarA_TcAtCY6ZpoSdlXEOIiGJKwCXxNIIccjyjE4NbZU60rOkYzW76O5IhIpYRGYt3_OgvfOy7n7jPEtt9PbKMUNDOsDgwiTuIvHNmdiz7f0LzYAH2VVmLX3J_jcTG0mw8zAWIm/s3644/E71F8021-55A9-4D46-8D7A-40671009BB35_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1783" data-original-width="3644" height="157" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQdD5yvbO4pbc7Uo1Qi4qSeeOA0iVVHKJM-7ETk4E9Qumo-RqfNLFuDDarA_TcAtCY6ZpoSdlXEOIiGJKwCXxNIIccjyjE4NbZU60rOkYzW76O5IhIpYRGYt3_OgvfOy7n7jPEtt9PbKMUNDOsDgwiTuIvHNmdiz7f0LzYAH2VVmLX3J_jcTG0mw8zAWIm/s320/E71F8021-55A9-4D46-8D7A-40671009BB35_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Gulls, yes</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Six o'clock came and went. Many gulls arrived. Herring Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Lesser Black-backed Gulls, Common Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, even a couple of Mediterranean Gulls.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Note something missing?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spot the Kumlien's!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ftNBLdMv14mYeEel5p-YbTexYgj_-UIs84Fs3H4hNUNcAjLYEzzxVXCMa6WYAihtwLsY8ya4ZgwzcF1bkWR_wH9IWN4CvDRJ3JYL3pFal2JQkf_rzPBez5rqF74PIrLW8m1vYxeE1z2-GpgOq06sX7sYHWSh8bRajlk4NMsKwcr8z5D77oSqqEfHvIu2/s3640/C9418CC5-C8B5-4BCB-B9CA-9E6A1EE19E40_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2730" data-original-width="3640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ftNBLdMv14mYeEel5p-YbTexYgj_-UIs84Fs3H4hNUNcAjLYEzzxVXCMa6WYAihtwLsY8ya4ZgwzcF1bkWR_wH9IWN4CvDRJ3JYL3pFal2JQkf_rzPBez5rqF74PIrLW8m1vYxeE1z2-GpgOq06sX7sYHWSh8bRajlk4NMsKwcr8z5D77oSqqEfHvIu2/s320/C9418CC5-C8B5-4BCB-B9CA-9E6A1EE19E40_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Exactly.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, a nice icy dip and then a nice walk back in the dark.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I HATE Kumlien's Gulls.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[I suppose should also mention that while waiting, a Kingfisher flew by, and then so did a group of assorted waders including at least 7 Ringed Plover [148]. At. Fricking. Last.]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Still, KG = Bad.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* Ok, technically I managed to scope one at Brixham - from Daddyhole, eat 75x! - but I could only call it an 'Iceland-sized white-winger', so haven't counted it.** ]]</div><div style="text-align: left;">[[** Yes, I did twitch it properly, more than once, and dipped horribly. ]]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">NOTE:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The finder has now decided it was actually an <i><strike>argentatus</strike></i> Herring Gull. I haven't seen it, so can't comment.</span><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-9212356110135821292024-03-03T20:31:00.001+00:002024-03-03T20:31:07.354+00:00I Hate Kumlien's Gulls<div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it. That's the post.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There <strike>may be</strike> will be more when I <strike>can type without grinding my teeth</strike> get a minute later in the week.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">There will also be pretty scenery from Sunday's fun.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">[No, I didn't go back to Exmouth to try again. I may be mad, but I'm not insane.]</div><div style="text-align: left;">[I have a certificate*]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* They don't actually give out <span style="font-family: georgia;">'Congratulations, you are not insane'</span> certificates, you have to make your own.**]]</div><div style="text-align: left;">[[** Which is just inconsiderate. ]]<br /></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-51380333169831958342024-02-27T18:11:00.000+00:002024-02-27T18:11:40.800+00:00Defiance.<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd finally <strike>had</strike> recovered enough to be able to lug a scope and so dragged myself out on Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Defying the plague, the weather, and quite probably anything even vaguely like sense, but I had Unfinished Business.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>Yes, it was raining hard, sideways, and the roads were rather riverine in places, but that wasn't stopping me. I headed up and then left a bit, with the route giving a group of 20-30 Oystercatcher in flight over fields near Sith*, before reaching my target; <br /></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWgZZ4eecfZuK5mdyF2n8sBpJPqKD0X1wIwX8fNA0IrVyyMyjZT2nfZ5zsBRzbwF9DlOVnXuj3Wqav0BPPKfu5CznwjQ5RnsOf24S-btihwJXsZNXT8Ex5ptwFA4lELNaIic8M12vStWkR8rNzZd1HbtIR9yss0ZM5LUdrSumI_jMi2Jz-1RJioPIrBtZ/s3712/B1244BE1-F3EC-4092-B318-E27B40D240E9.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWgZZ4eecfZuK5mdyF2n8sBpJPqKD0X1wIwX8fNA0IrVyyMyjZT2nfZ5zsBRzbwF9DlOVnXuj3Wqav0BPPKfu5CznwjQ5RnsOf24S-btihwJXsZNXT8Ex5ptwFA4lELNaIic8M12vStWkR8rNzZd1HbtIR9yss0ZM5LUdrSumI_jMi2Jz-1RJioPIrBtZ/s320/B1244BE1-F3EC-4092-B318-E27B40D240E9.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spotted Redshank</span><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">There you are.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Zooming back out a bit,<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRkD3V6kI-Ahem2ZtqPiX7N8Artk7rb31HHsEQGdKiYaHo_Xia4CkUHoEBjOSk7MuvMstDLaXTlfgq2e4Olup38yrKCugZT0vkGCLM2pK8SYUKoapF3pr9kLz6A_p8q913u7I8Y8WEraJ-C-aPzgETvpXnzqVKsZnVBsy6ohVt4OPucBBcs565lE9pBLI/s3664/AD5B4B72-4D27-4B92-B11E-C698418838C0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2748" data-original-width="3664" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZRkD3V6kI-Ahem2ZtqPiX7N8Artk7rb31HHsEQGdKiYaHo_Xia4CkUHoEBjOSk7MuvMstDLaXTlfgq2e4Olup38yrKCugZT0vkGCLM2pK8SYUKoapF3pr9kLz6A_p8q913u7I8Y8WEraJ-C-aPzgETvpXnzqVKsZnVBsy6ohVt4OPucBBcs565lE9pBLI/s320/AD5B4B72-4D27-4B92-B11E-C698418838C0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Arch Brook</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">When I first arrived, the Spotshank was on the left of this shot, high up the Arch Brook - VERY close to me - and I used my car as a hide to get a briefly wonderful view, before a van came zooming by [despite the flood waters] and flushed it off to the Teign shore, out there in the distance, where I got that photo up there [actually still good views {at 75x}, but the camera likes not the heavy rain]. The Spotshank worked its way back along the shallows and into the mouth of the brook, where after skirting around a Greenshank, it vanished into the now rather inset channel.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After managing to miss the Freminton bird back in January, and every other chance in Devon since, I was a rather happy yearlister.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just getting a nice sustained view [oh, if it had stayed so close, though], of a feeding bird was a pleasure [normally you only get close-ish views of ones asleep at Bowling Green] in and of itself.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also present were a handful of Redshank, single Curlew and Oyk, plus Common and BHGs.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Later on, I was unable to resist the lure of the Nose, where all the rain had indeed fired up the slick. Unfortunately, the wind had come around to a strong, gusty NE-E, and it was a bit, er, tasty.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[Ok, actually the exact opposite, really, with the slick being blasted on shore....]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xuq3ag4r-5JR8DFkC0CQdxkbCbejMSzd6nXRaIu7MSWsB7ZrnqrKGJMWmYJOsQ6NygULnzzWDynKfiemCG6C38MKqLYRw_oWE9244E3mSip2e_mOiWvJjU1ykFCyIiwc4cm6hwe6zYqrwl0IZUrO8cOzsV8DD9svOkA3yqYXTfJPZ0-1NfVw7qWLscco/s3575/C66DDDD6-EA88-4F28-BFBF-4DD52BF820F6_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2674" data-original-width="3575" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Xuq3ag4r-5JR8DFkC0CQdxkbCbejMSzd6nXRaIu7MSWsB7ZrnqrKGJMWmYJOsQ6NygULnzzWDynKfiemCG6C38MKqLYRw_oWE9244E3mSip2e_mOiWvJjU1ykFCyIiwc4cm6hwe6zYqrwl0IZUrO8cOzsV8DD9svOkA3yqYXTfJPZ0-1NfVw7qWLscco/s320/C66DDDD6-EA88-4F28-BFBF-4DD52BF820F6_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mOjyCVxlqi72Ls0isy7dWAW0vysqY_xjpYA8AODCVD6cMzuwLRfr2fjktphGN9Y6w3jf3AsRyWdOK5pn9Aq6rYsaNl-gbgOJjjETliemmbXrPrE7TSI81iiA4UGJRIEBbuOED9Vl7NPdeEh-MgkmE5psXqZMknjSCEOMPnuNtSaGLYcDqRJ6Gqi4BB-2/s3429/54C5475E-E730-44A6-ACBB-E136C1D780FA_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2272" data-original-width="3429" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6mOjyCVxlqi72Ls0isy7dWAW0vysqY_xjpYA8AODCVD6cMzuwLRfr2fjktphGN9Y6w3jf3AsRyWdOK5pn9Aq6rYsaNl-gbgOJjjETliemmbXrPrE7TSI81iiA4UGJRIEBbuOED9Vl7NPdeEh-MgkmE5psXqZMknjSCEOMPnuNtSaGLYcDqRJ6Gqi4BB-2/s320/54C5475E-E730-44A6-ACBB-E136C1D780FA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spot the Little Gull</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[You'll be doing very well. I couldn't find one....]</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTJuoV1MNVPUK3U-PhOMOIPl4yQoo-ESV_rCJSVv5C1yHEOEWTngXRrApeTW5xZ12F8gs2aJu-RkXfBx1L6Xg1fY31QHUOpRTnsBo7VgarTBqSqnXDNFouos52Fr1SXupPM1ewOjVb2CrdRa3fJ1BbzjPVBggUVZnoc6KKYKhyphenhyphenkoffAo7COM3xmA4UX-r/s3600/CE036A31-D737-45E0-BD33-62F04DA39878_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="3600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVTJuoV1MNVPUK3U-PhOMOIPl4yQoo-ESV_rCJSVv5C1yHEOEWTngXRrApeTW5xZ12F8gs2aJu-RkXfBx1L6Xg1fY31QHUOpRTnsBo7VgarTBqSqnXDNFouos52Fr1SXupPM1ewOjVb2CrdRa3fJ1BbzjPVBggUVZnoc6KKYKhyphenhyphenkoffAo7COM3xmA4UX-r/s320/CE036A31-D737-45E0-BD33-62F04DA39878_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Boom</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A scattering of Guillemots and Razorbills on the sea with the Shags and Corms, a half dozen Gannets, a Fulmar, and a couple of Kittiwakes, plus usual gull spp.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Drat.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I was out there.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I aten't ded.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[Yet]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* Nobody types Stokeinteignhead more often than they have to. Also the acronym. ]]<br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-63632933228316733262024-02-25T20:18:00.001+00:002024-02-25T20:18:24.748+00:00FYI<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm still standing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, yes, right now I am more accurately described as still sitting, but you know what I mean. Viscous plague may have foiled many of my plans, but that's not stopping my greater goal.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, here's a pretty picture from the near-past;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-oKokYiOCHyF6YodKFUxEdB2ywNryNTIgf-h8ko3zFb5FwRv9LoRpS1f7TOsk2b1DtyL43703b0OyZv6UB3ra-wbvC81nbbT1STZkjySG-RhMODNNc2RJ9-Ozwiqc_6Ecr_2-DzQ0Cee63NNEmNvgt94HFwW31x0EHpAmvQ7x7X-4tLNOyF_jI1wlogr/s3712/96AE18B5-D9A5-4894-AC56-3E04B570E7E5.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR-oKokYiOCHyF6YodKFUxEdB2ywNryNTIgf-h8ko3zFb5FwRv9LoRpS1f7TOsk2b1DtyL43703b0OyZv6UB3ra-wbvC81nbbT1STZkjySG-RhMODNNc2RJ9-Ozwiqc_6Ecr_2-DzQ0Cee63NNEmNvgt94HFwW31x0EHpAmvQ7x7X-4tLNOyF_jI1wlogr/s320/96AE18B5-D9A5-4894-AC56-3E04B570E7E5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Red sky at night,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">someone's set another</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">hotel on fire... </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You will be hearing more fom me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I shall</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-2689612799921380852024-02-21T19:07:00.005+00:002024-02-21T19:07:55.004+00:00Blarg...<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">WARNING WARNING</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: courier;">BIOHAZARD ALERT</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;">LEVEL 3 PATHOGEN DETECTED</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: courier;"><b>PROCEED ONLY WITH FULL BL:3 PPE</b><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you may have guessed from my oh-so-subtle intro, I have been struck down by the plague. I'm a week in and still coffin like Henry, so thus the lack of update. [As opposed to my usual simple lack of getting it together].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have got myself out birding, but only a gentle amble about Yarner on Monday afternoon with the Folks [who fear no lurgy] and <i>Canis horribilis salivatus</i> [whose slobber could probably defeat anything up to BL4 all by itself...]. Prior to that I was utterly wasted, staggering outside only when unavoidable.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So still not seen a Ringo. [Or that verdammt Little Gull...]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was rather nice [when not coffin], and the latest set of cherry flapjacks were deemed a success.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, in a shock break, a Marshie actually sat and posed;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc410XAp72s-VSq-pZ8ytPnr2Y0yk_3y2GAWeYtDJrV52Y8FlweWvwrRlIi39VaymhBx3gGu652uUMVK1zAdhRkD3GB93MzA6C-HDPWFiyhxrhbncXrttHRw69_6S3EHDh55MawqOW0RJF4pxnnxwoJRPrueR_ekRFwurU7zOtcNNBWWHFn-vjMjpV2CP_/s3481/D5DE75B7-0E66-4705-8E4E-A61931B8F48E_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2402" data-original-width="3481" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc410XAp72s-VSq-pZ8ytPnr2Y0yk_3y2GAWeYtDJrV52Y8FlweWvwrRlIi39VaymhBx3gGu652uUMVK1zAdhRkD3GB93MzA6C-HDPWFiyhxrhbncXrttHRw69_6S3EHDh55MawqOW0RJF4pxnnxwoJRPrueR_ekRFwurU7zOtcNNBWWHFn-vjMjpV2CP_/s320/D5DE75B7-0E66-4705-8E4E-A61931B8F48E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Tit</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">See that lovely pale spot at the base of the upper mandible? You see that, it's a Marsh Tit [angle, light, moult, the bird's posture, can make all sorts of other things look diffeent]<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3rUTLMe_jh7EmZH1QyNE07Uk0rdvX-48a_dAe-_o4AirzkQ1wDapS_m-abztLsnmUu2AnmKjtTdPlidIm5ZHVY2Y8C71jPBU2ytlq-0NOKYw9DoZmGClb9BWZVpDn2_zzEjy-9jQHK_jyyud909trBgm-cuOsSjDAioZ6nQn0jUnDxd2DTr8d88o7ImN/s2923/4F707733-3C76-4B6D-A1A8-F73B82AE69FA_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2306" data-original-width="2923" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi3rUTLMe_jh7EmZH1QyNE07Uk0rdvX-48a_dAe-_o4AirzkQ1wDapS_m-abztLsnmUu2AnmKjtTdPlidIm5ZHVY2Y8C71jPBU2ytlq-0NOKYw9DoZmGClb9BWZVpDn2_zzEjy-9jQHK_jyyud909trBgm-cuOsSjDAioZ6nQn0jUnDxd2DTr8d88o7ImN/s320/4F707733-3C76-4B6D-A1A8-F73B82AE69FA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Honeysuckle</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf5mre3mIynwGUzizGGMl4QLin6hLzw6Rgd5pg0zRKqZdlAFjSTA7JjIgzkvOb8qZvyRA5pp7ikmTTyWUG502l3HUMyZLy4-8w7aN86oPzWdxXR-4__lFVrzElBSzN6yMIVsPdO3ERga2t1jsEQMpI-cMwuBdyJMwYYSVbkWb6RA69Cpule9jHx_qzHyi/s3415/CE46A584-AA0C-4B7A-95BD-0BBE0BEE1724_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="3415" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlf5mre3mIynwGUzizGGMl4QLin6hLzw6Rgd5pg0zRKqZdlAFjSTA7JjIgzkvOb8qZvyRA5pp7ikmTTyWUG502l3HUMyZLy4-8w7aN86oPzWdxXR-4__lFVrzElBSzN6yMIVsPdO3ERga2t1jsEQMpI-cMwuBdyJMwYYSVbkWb6RA69Cpule9jHx_qzHyi/s320/CE46A584-AA0C-4B7A-95BD-0BBE0BEE1724_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Whirligig Beetles</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ2nB0zL8bYj2mqTyfa2FOWcHm_G66MGU5o17zo9teTjudtoIsJULnwWApUhw9sK3CPT0mTgDzumH7rCN8OgRXG0-k9J6G_us-a8mMzQn0qNRNtiDX6PMOMXCX_OOa420a5YWJILOeei3gnnBh_PnVvdpCyAfAhAAV2yRhcnrsNd0sDdB-N5bWFdjkoSb/s3445/5D3EC30B-6702-4FF3-A08C-8B36EDAA7D6C_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2523" data-original-width="3445" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQ2nB0zL8bYj2mqTyfa2FOWcHm_G66MGU5o17zo9teTjudtoIsJULnwWApUhw9sK3CPT0mTgDzumH7rCN8OgRXG0-k9J6G_us-a8mMzQn0qNRNtiDX6PMOMXCX_OOa420a5YWJILOeei3gnnBh_PnVvdpCyAfAhAAV2yRhcnrsNd0sDdB-N5bWFdjkoSb/s320/5D3EC30B-6702-4FF3-A08C-8B36EDAA7D6C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Frogspaw-</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Tadpoles! </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabLB5PNY1hlWVsnvIH-1WDldSwlvS8z6BXvgFzHUDqkEgaPcZdHSMSaK5fFmcVtHheviFlu_d8we_GRkFx92EwDUKXy5wSfCfE68-3aKcigZCTbBM562WsAQMLlARR7ZGvFw1O-m2Az_ysW7ScKOztoFZUoYCTIqAclLMd9FMPHxIXV14gpemmxpC5fS6/s3712/CB346ECA-C99E-4AD2-8545-DBBC8954E6DE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiabLB5PNY1hlWVsnvIH-1WDldSwlvS8z6BXvgFzHUDqkEgaPcZdHSMSaK5fFmcVtHheviFlu_d8we_GRkFx92EwDUKXy5wSfCfE68-3aKcigZCTbBM562WsAQMLlARR7ZGvFw1O-m2Az_ysW7ScKOztoFZUoYCTIqAclLMd9FMPHxIXV14gpemmxpC5fS6/s320/CB346ECA-C99E-4AD2-8545-DBBC8954E6DE.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Moss!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6-IzjNym-9-MgtAKHiU4iQxAYsg6pmIJu4yS8fjoV_zYdeR4rb6wT_NopO2STuXLcPO2bnAFBYeEk7WawTME-PLNkh-yfeWsGmIgWj3x4uBKCW9ShhHX-mPL8d2N4c2Rx5QSTNcz3_gfOGLlRLkl_BlLd6yJjitOlsynsU_fEA964PpGFaKpXt61a72y/s2657/0AD0D4A1-3B52-4A46-9CE6-C1C555258DA9_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="2374" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV6-IzjNym-9-MgtAKHiU4iQxAYsg6pmIJu4yS8fjoV_zYdeR4rb6wT_NopO2STuXLcPO2bnAFBYeEk7WawTME-PLNkh-yfeWsGmIgWj3x4uBKCW9ShhHX-mPL8d2N4c2Rx5QSTNcz3_gfOGLlRLkl_BlLd6yJjitOlsynsU_fEA964PpGFaKpXt61a72y/s320/0AD0D4A1-3B52-4A46-9CE6-C1C555258DA9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="286" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Rushing waters</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmq5bfSB_3CdSUQ4qanC08QsC7LRr2ovEbMAr57DSuwdIU1biT7z6R4wj95oGsDMsewtqabaMFjuJiqZi5PhObV_jooOZ4UJR2XMAgTEnN6guKuhCFN8kNl6SGBEdxFHMjM4nJ7zjpGtxBWP9S5V0UhwkqtKawt8oyyr4-wu7d4S-BkY-QpQqnC7ILMeLO/s3712/9AC31752-2827-4122-96CE-5A7984627614.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmq5bfSB_3CdSUQ4qanC08QsC7LRr2ovEbMAr57DSuwdIU1biT7z6R4wj95oGsDMsewtqabaMFjuJiqZi5PhObV_jooOZ4UJR2XMAgTEnN6guKuhCFN8kNl6SGBEdxFHMjM4nJ7zjpGtxBWP9S5V0UhwkqtKawt8oyyr4-wu7d4S-BkY-QpQqnC7ILMeLO/s320/9AC31752-2827-4122-96CE-5A7984627614.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Leat</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhfFCzBp9bjSZjOHQETK7CV-ZO8ukXaJkVeRLrbC-T4q2u0RveoHaSTazKqEJ2PdCtjBSzJpvD9hfX1bGxBxjRaTrsboN8QrqwzgYNvQp737uQgIACZcUQ3AjvctBAk-nL2Et7vPGJe8KTagYAOtiWO7m7etkL49FtDmFPFr3Gze_809YHJep7BrrDs6N/s3712/58A580D6-8F76-4844-BEA2-533A617B07DD.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhfFCzBp9bjSZjOHQETK7CV-ZO8ukXaJkVeRLrbC-T4q2u0RveoHaSTazKqEJ2PdCtjBSzJpvD9hfX1bGxBxjRaTrsboN8QrqwzgYNvQp737uQgIACZcUQ3AjvctBAk-nL2Et7vPGJe8KTagYAOtiWO7m7etkL49FtDmFPFr3Gze_809YHJep7BrrDs6N/s320/58A580D6-8F76-4844-BEA2-533A617B07DD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Winter light</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was lovely and quiet, with noise only from birds [a Treecreeper sang. It was wonderful]</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And finally, I did get a Yeartick, with a couple of Collared Doves seen in passing in Newton :)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[145]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I hope that I'll be at least slightly effective next weekend, but, well, the plague does as it will...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[From a safe distance]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-86513724164784457282024-02-13T19:24:00.003+00:002024-02-14T07:43:57.256+00:00Very Little Very Late<div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Another weekend, another fatal cocktail of vacillation and apathy strike your brave writer, causing the above title to apply.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did eventually drag myself around the Patch on Sunday - lugging the Big Scope, no less - but really I could have stayed at home, all the good it did.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In other news,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbCouH_53hUT5vcg5-tMfOfCrufsH26lt30JvCYbSlrZZXRYYcH3ynGj2piqP1uRaElOzxa4DSxBOdEl0dPKTFHdn_eu-spxXi8zJvK8_R4unpz6VVZBT3eaOHJvSTe0iuJEymt5jQSPh42CBQDgsp9p4EyxEL_KOYxVsxoJWbmv2Mjatxn_j7mrwZ4e0/s3086/CA25B68A-5136-4269-A77F-5C1D42859E43_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2278" data-original-width="3086" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIbCouH_53hUT5vcg5-tMfOfCrufsH26lt30JvCYbSlrZZXRYYcH3ynGj2piqP1uRaElOzxa4DSxBOdEl0dPKTFHdn_eu-spxXi8zJvK8_R4unpz6VVZBT3eaOHJvSTe0iuJEymt5jQSPh42CBQDgsp9p4EyxEL_KOYxVsxoJWbmv2Mjatxn_j7mrwZ4e0/s320/CA25B68A-5136-4269-A77F-5C1D42859E43_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I'd promised myself no more</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spring flowers, but, well,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Croci*!! </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">I love a Crocus.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Have some more,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5CnXpRoAG_4JV9aYVp-aIiA4GMZIgEqmfFInEpSAonEceT3KOOnnbDsLEV9tFLTcRTnddby9kqb8WTwtPbV-n0zEjHG9t-gBMBhmFOC03JNVjpAtcjgM_i8mkkRGdneboJ-JjkagkGPVQDdkENj3CoIjsZ743jPPr9wyixiqa7yCblltKlqEskgMJgz4/s2687/685B9F5D-CC13-419F-A81E-49B59E6065B7_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2311" data-original-width="2687" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR5CnXpRoAG_4JV9aYVp-aIiA4GMZIgEqmfFInEpSAonEceT3KOOnnbDsLEV9tFLTcRTnddby9kqb8WTwtPbV-n0zEjHG9t-gBMBhmFOC03JNVjpAtcjgM_i8mkkRGdneboJ-JjkagkGPVQDdkENj3CoIjsZ743jPPr9wyixiqa7yCblltKlqEskgMJgz4/s320/685B9F5D-CC13-419F-A81E-49B59E6065B7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A patch</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0YXRs-CBbQgu-27MfUSt5FPdsCQ6Ilm-GXQIVdmnziNHQHPdvPK1bzZ2CS9E3csF8vynRVDr-F2AiMB1PdbuCiTc7iMr7ZiS7DZ1tvHsvZIwDkMUWl0RF3-7HdQ65uJ6CS2Zl7MYk2qz-2crmiazKxJQmfG10H0zEoBv3PUjv6MrIFBWf0sZfX4y-xdH/s2934/3829F75A-1C30-4D37-9812-27BC6D49D235_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2113" data-original-width="2934" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU0YXRs-CBbQgu-27MfUSt5FPdsCQ6Ilm-GXQIVdmnziNHQHPdvPK1bzZ2CS9E3csF8vynRVDr-F2AiMB1PdbuCiTc7iMr7ZiS7DZ1tvHsvZIwDkMUWl0RF3-7HdQ65uJ6CS2Zl7MYk2qz-2crmiazKxJQmfG10H0zEoBv3PUjv6MrIFBWf0sZfX4y-xdH/s320/3829F75A-1C30-4D37-9812-27BC6D49D235_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They come up fast</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These are all roadside flowers, springing up in a narrow grassy strip beside a large road 'somewhere on Patch' and so unlikely to last long before getting trodden on [mutter mutter is there no respect etc. etc.], but perhaps their beauty is all the sweeter for its transience?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right, so, calmer.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Better blogging required; <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did see birds, I even photo'd a few, and while a second trip out - up to the Exe for some reason - on Monday afternoon again saw no yearticks [not even Ringed Plover.?!? This is getting a bit silly now]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did see some nice birds again and may have had a Little Gull, just too far off [even with Big Scope!] to be sure. You see, there are a vexing number of very small Black-headed Gulls about, so you can't call Little on size. Nope, don't even think about it. I had a Little-sized BHG that very day, in fact.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right, nice birds, starting with Sunday;</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7NaYMyBKqHPwz3XZqEISi1xtqXzZze5snTEapvfIfhklOjU5iIAotTsPhqrE4tXLdKYDE4Pkbd9x-5RcbT5bxPV1w0DKWs0zK0r125jzy0h6FR9-SlhFY4W4OTft1AVK3isBZ8EeRHQfZ9dE3bNKcu2UUjFd87Ye5LgZ0y_pRY8fzk43Hmv2UyIwUM21/s3380/01EC48DA-3F22-47B1-8368-605FF445BED9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2392" data-original-width="3380" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7NaYMyBKqHPwz3XZqEISi1xtqXzZze5snTEapvfIfhklOjU5iIAotTsPhqrE4tXLdKYDE4Pkbd9x-5RcbT5bxPV1w0DKWs0zK0r125jzy0h6FR9-SlhFY4W4OTft1AVK3isBZ8EeRHQfZ9dE3bNKcu2UUjFd87Ye5LgZ0y_pRY8fzk43Hmv2UyIwUM21/s320/01EC48DA-3F22-47B1-8368-605FF445BED9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One in the Sun</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2383" data-original-width="3303" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkHEvgTkjEEYAWa1I5ZQ30u8IhFq5PxBYjbu_RuXRyQlpzvHMWtN7o02553uFkHitCnBRStq2IpYSm2K0BBfXkArCRWhGj1V5INAvHms03uDu9ls_ehdW13pWBKP5pyx2kNUDsuHJUVoI7ovNDeEbCKLNAm7bTxT5w6CFZ9aeh3bR6miEkmXVRle4D74OZ/s320/116CBBB1-EABE-426D-8D19-79BDD8EC4176_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Biggest disturbance to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">the peace! </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Three of the six RB Mergansers present [also two Goldeneye, but they were more camerashy]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM7qPNM_zm3ff9KtHBvF_X9GIbayqCXBu9iCw2gRs1mssioxgzypX1iUKbqDRN-mG2Cwg09yAe0LB3d3-XgifXUHV5K-pn7ubjGqeGA_i4Q58si6mB2FnT2I0torkoACGQatZbmmyQKiqhGcvmvyjKRMjrkf-koJZAliVZyIxx5FpTYz4gkJomwCk3YSt/s3712/1C0839DF-22D7-44C3-BE2D-EBD9636E02F5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbM7qPNM_zm3ff9KtHBvF_X9GIbayqCXBu9iCw2gRs1mssioxgzypX1iUKbqDRN-mG2Cwg09yAe0LB3d3-XgifXUHV5K-pn7ubjGqeGA_i4Q58si6mB2FnT2I0torkoACGQatZbmmyQKiqhGcvmvyjKRMjrkf-koJZAliVZyIxx5FpTYz4gkJomwCk3YSt/s320/1C0839DF-22D7-44C3-BE2D-EBD9636E02F5.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Two RBM, two Herr,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">and a Greenshank </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I mentioned small BHGs. This is the best pic I got, can you see which on I mean? [It's not being helpful, naturally]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCObd9d_eZphVX9Q20vm1N5YiOucfbeAdn0oLEeCrhlpJPUU-dmnKIDLQWvIqyKDAY2ushqTJ4VSCSBTI2qLGIPjF1gKcnM8VPvxbEybUEQ81jrDpYC-k8D3i-X1_qqzy3OIbp62J54jG6ndB1GuIQny0mX9vTA_cGI58apDLWtW9lPQXS6YQOG110dxL/s3712/B3351E09-649A-4DF9-BC65-0180A2CAB9C1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRCObd9d_eZphVX9Q20vm1N5YiOucfbeAdn0oLEeCrhlpJPUU-dmnKIDLQWvIqyKDAY2ushqTJ4VSCSBTI2qLGIPjF1gKcnM8VPvxbEybUEQ81jrDpYC-k8D3i-X1_qqzy3OIbp62J54jG6ndB1GuIQny0mX9vTA_cGI58apDLWtW9lPQXS6YQOG110dxL/s320/B3351E09-649A-4DF9-BC65-0180A2CAB9C1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">In front of that Herring Gull</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another LG-sized gull was with a BHG flock well upstream, so I went after it. Turns out, they were dead opposite Starcross yacht club and so impossible to get a good view from the west bank [you could see the flock, not the gull in question..] Drat. Also, still no Egyptian Geese at any of their usual haunts... Bugger.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And still no owls despite much dusk driving.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ho hum, we keeps at it, yes we does.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* Crocuses my <span style="background-color: black;">BLEEP</span>... ]]<br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-61148819206904139672024-02-08T19:43:00.002+00:002024-02-08T19:45:27.923+00:00One Out Of Three Gives Three.<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No, really it does.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bear with me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It is a truth universally acknowledged that the best laid plans of mice, men, women, birders, and that guy over there, do go astray.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">An interesting work week led to me being too knackered to think straight enough to get going on Friday, and my head stopped me on Saturday, but Sunday saw me awaken filled with a vim and vigour unfamiliar to my poor form recently.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So I headed off to try to pick up That Which Had Been Missed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you may have guessed by now, I got three lovely yearticks.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Though not one of them was easy, oh frelling frilly fruitcackes no...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We begin bright and quite early at Slapton,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq6o6F44XWETxOtG1toka7cY6pgnPKxLyZ3qzsPTf1YBe0fQuuikcfw7Oc22Ngq6Ayh8NAbrXTXRSdbaVrP0EeWPS4BOS9kY0RUNBrMG8Iag-rGyj9_z3gqKLMyXrykRX3yu42XF6JLoFSiewx1wGs_ZNxKsjmLB8ALMQJVVDZKuv2ZdJY868xtwNxQf_/s3689/255C8177-C9C9-464C-87D1-5E32907EE3FB_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2766" data-original-width="3689" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjq6o6F44XWETxOtG1toka7cY6pgnPKxLyZ3qzsPTf1YBe0fQuuikcfw7Oc22Ngq6Ayh8NAbrXTXRSdbaVrP0EeWPS4BOS9kY0RUNBrMG8Iag-rGyj9_z3gqKLMyXrykRX3yu42XF6JLoFSiewx1wGs_ZNxKsjmLB8ALMQJVVDZKuv2ZdJY868xtwNxQf_/s320/255C8177-C9C9-464C-87D1-5E32907EE3FB_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Stokeley</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A lot of combing of Tufties for someone else lurking among them to no avail, though according to another hopeful, the semi-invisible Lesser Scaup had been off Stokeley early morning.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Much to-ing and fro-ing - you need to be thorough, especially with diving duckies quite capable of flying around - before I shifted north a bit;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhL4NcdQrNYnaASJCIQgWXiSZPfjQBvV6iYf0Qho5_30e8YF8m2x27Z50TaOpA0u9D8uMW2TVPAKbtRT_kvAKQR_RcBjsBZjrbebdODthHI_zb2Tg5dPfV2IMXCMQcd-i0hFKJUqdAsVod79zkEkNhT4mImPPZUZL7wuSnQ3pmjofTpWaN8bssIWmlwxY/s3686/6B41825D-B16A-4391-B26D-3D21C27D3E17_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2764" data-original-width="3686" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZhL4NcdQrNYnaASJCIQgWXiSZPfjQBvV6iYf0Qho5_30e8YF8m2x27Z50TaOpA0u9D8uMW2TVPAKbtRT_kvAKQR_RcBjsBZjrbebdODthHI_zb2Tg5dPfV2IMXCMQcd-i0hFKJUqdAsVod79zkEkNhT4mImPPZUZL7wuSnQ3pmjofTpWaN8bssIWmlwxY/s320/6B41825D-B16A-4391-B26D-3D21C27D3E17_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Outer Ireland Bay</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And on the corner between Ireland Bay and the upper end of The Neck, a popular little patch of water.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ59z_wudqtLUrpaj1Nhb-ksKrURFmwkvbl0IN4ZSneA_xCMFor8REXeGlrfM3XUPWSGBuIR_8x-pNf7DCgwZGfkf-8xaU3vENAngFTU8HAEvHcXYqbghFVX1HdSPuYXyEIC0WDgE1W85kJZZj-7vzjJVtF5SfO3ckYCxw3OdaFxW_bUBOjqRVipYgsID9/s3191/266D6918-52FB-496B-A15F-F0EC50DF64EA_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2415" data-original-width="3191" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ59z_wudqtLUrpaj1Nhb-ksKrURFmwkvbl0IN4ZSneA_xCMFor8REXeGlrfM3XUPWSGBuIR_8x-pNf7DCgwZGfkf-8xaU3vENAngFTU8HAEvHcXYqbghFVX1HdSPuYXyEIC0WDgE1W85kJZZj-7vzjJVtF5SfO3ckYCxw3OdaFxW_bUBOjqRVipYgsID9/s320/266D6918-52FB-496B-A15F-F0EC50DF64EA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Male Scaup,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">with female Tufted Duck </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gotcha, you varmint!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[In case you were wondering: Male Greater from Lesser Scaup; G is bigger, and also beamier than a Tufty, L is smaller than Tufty {just} and a compact little duck. L has a darker grey back {coarser vermiculation} than G, and L has a point - NOT a tuft! - at the rear crown, whereas G has a sloping rear crown and steeper forehead. Also, Scaup tend to be less likely found in or next to Tufty flocks than Lesser Scaup and prefer deeper water, in my experience.] <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I said it was a popular spot, <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTISuwNQnazqO3P6Q1VbFeJzMmRFUH1kXwF_OAXxHdGxZUQ5gAUTqHCAtp6x37ZqjG4h6_lQRVnkM9f9iyYBDMaZ7UkqkVME1RJMWPJQ-qL89aEOEtO2RduIOjSz0xr7OSfE4YhvNnAe4SLGs_JBDGX49yn9AcI7_e5pStBp6qs2cz1UOIyBW77p6-MYf7/s3712/68117389-1676-48E1-8E7C-9ED5FD361E03.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTISuwNQnazqO3P6Q1VbFeJzMmRFUH1kXwF_OAXxHdGxZUQ5gAUTqHCAtp6x37ZqjG4h6_lQRVnkM9f9iyYBDMaZ7UkqkVME1RJMWPJQ-qL89aEOEtO2RduIOjSz0xr7OSfE4YhvNnAe4SLGs_JBDGX49yn9AcI7_e5pStBp6qs2cz1UOIyBW77p6-MYf7/s320/68117389-1676-48E1-8E7C-9ED5FD361E03.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Closer than usual Goldeneye</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Having succeded and having other business to attend to, I didn't head on into Ireland Bay to the viewing platform; where RND and LS were likely lurking. [I know, terrible of me]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Though before I move on, a few more pics from the area;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR7OsMPIIXRNwTkXW73Di8t6cYBOjFaK77PGs7b6ASAgmqNKkhefov05E0G2lIU94QA3OTs3YZFoXvcrOSsvbxvSJgQGuaFUOvkthURs8oyFjPsq4g1NuAd4Eq9M9tINb126iowUSP9osWrHnfCjF1bob533s0sOIi5RhRZpcgN_BVUkCV07dQIH6W6HX/s3287/A8F8825E-CD17-4143-9F91-4B8A9D95F9CF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2506" data-original-width="3287" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijR7OsMPIIXRNwTkXW73Di8t6cYBOjFaK77PGs7b6ASAgmqNKkhefov05E0G2lIU94QA3OTs3YZFoXvcrOSsvbxvSJgQGuaFUOvkthURs8oyFjPsq4g1NuAd4Eq9M9tINb126iowUSP9osWrHnfCjF1bob533s0sOIi5RhRZpcgN_BVUkCV07dQIH6W6HX/s320/A8F8825E-CD17-4143-9F91-4B8A9D95F9CF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Eristalis pertinax</i></span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIsUwQA_wEBpvX1Ky_4mFAx3Tlqpz9C-oLVBgGIpAs-m9cpCQRjfd2GMZffR1QuPPkjbxrhJB7GkuoyH93sEVXLdAYVGwWJ1nIXLDRhyphenhyphen3FBbF8cpP69aiJQDT5gf0zlsElUGOfW-thG_JKYoNYfVBomk3O18HWe0plcTZ0Nni283u3NjTkXvV_ZJPM5Xw/s3086/425FBB3E-C07D-4205-ADA4-0590AB291A21_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2763" data-original-width="3086" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIsUwQA_wEBpvX1Ky_4mFAx3Tlqpz9C-oLVBgGIpAs-m9cpCQRjfd2GMZffR1QuPPkjbxrhJB7GkuoyH93sEVXLdAYVGwWJ1nIXLDRhyphenhyphen3FBbF8cpP69aiJQDT5gf0zlsElUGOfW-thG_JKYoNYfVBomk3O18HWe0plcTZ0Nni283u3NjTkXvV_ZJPM5Xw/s320/425FBB3E-C07D-4205-ADA4-0590AB291A21_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Violet</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNyMmuzvmXVXLyIm-EBK7FVI_cXPdbJ7Qeq_m0uYHsNsS_rTeIQ8YTzQH6PKMKKuMDbNp33RY9aPhxtaypD0auvjk1Q9vZlxJLPNpUCSBRXuM7KT-Y8iuHwnWZrMPh-7IojQPm9d7eQmpYDI4Wor5bh0jqir7HXfUxCDMmRvDJlLpAPZwAS4Fl7NZnAId/s2922/8AF1DEFA-E5DD-4563-9516-509FA36A79C8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2737" data-original-width="2922" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikNyMmuzvmXVXLyIm-EBK7FVI_cXPdbJ7Qeq_m0uYHsNsS_rTeIQ8YTzQH6PKMKKuMDbNp33RY9aPhxtaypD0auvjk1Q9vZlxJLPNpUCSBRXuM7KT-Y8iuHwnWZrMPh-7IojQPm9d7eQmpYDI4Wor5bh0jqir7HXfUxCDMmRvDJlLpAPZwAS4Fl7NZnAId/s320/8AF1DEFA-E5DD-4563-9516-509FA36A79C8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Snowdrops</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Over the way, a quick scan of the Kingsbridge ria gave no gebes of any kind, but I wasn't being thorough as I had something else on my mind.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6oZNcDWtwy2eofRylD6joh016JelOmdhHoT3ePtqcYWgF4qJQna-ivW-Vj7v4drbtFGBdVgOCVrcE1LyqY97OnQn4Xb9vl1WHbWR451Tdxjh-diF86h3J90uuT87Ox5uweQu4rdC3X1dTzkw4Md1_jTwWOkmautcjnHGciM7WHJ8rB35DeNf9lQZ98uM/s3678/D73402F4-D155-430F-8AFA-9D7205B87D1D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3678" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6oZNcDWtwy2eofRylD6joh016JelOmdhHoT3ePtqcYWgF4qJQna-ivW-Vj7v4drbtFGBdVgOCVrcE1LyqY97OnQn4Xb9vl1WHbWR451Tdxjh-diF86h3J90uuT87Ox5uweQu4rdC3X1dTzkw4Md1_jTwWOkmautcjnHGciM7WHJ8rB35DeNf9lQZ98uM/s320/D73402F4-D155-430F-8AFA-9D7205B87D1D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">South Huish marsh</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was.. a little windy on the lee shore. But out of the blast [oh Brain, Brain, when will you tell the truth? Force 6 to 7 is not '15mph'....], it wasn't that bad. Not easy either, looking for pipits. When there's cold weather they are very easy, right up close on the warmest wettest bits, but now they can and do range very widely. So it took a lot of work, and patience, and lots of angles, including well up the valley, but eventually I got a couple of looks at the Water Pipit [ok, technically I can't be sure it was only one, but, well...]. My camera is no way shooty enough to get a flyover - which was the only close view I got - so you'll have to settle for this,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XMHeeuChWatNe9KI0pEJm7R9oR-x17OKW392KFd_6_RgOcPi1Xc_Mlf0a2wV9p4zDs6GxinqS2u5MLjtoiWQVzSFd7KGHiG4wIaOTa7Tle-BDoVvWjWeQKD9HbrXjZxGLox0Lp_KaLl_3_yBrw1OJry6m-8h6an5PasdRVf6-xc3WnTIH8A_1Pw6UDU4/s3712/0EC10FD7-AD66-46C7-B36D-E9895DD8564E.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9XMHeeuChWatNe9KI0pEJm7R9oR-x17OKW392KFd_6_RgOcPi1Xc_Mlf0a2wV9p4zDs6GxinqS2u5MLjtoiWQVzSFd7KGHiG4wIaOTa7Tle-BDoVvWjWeQKD9HbrXjZxGLox0Lp_KaLl_3_yBrw1OJry6m-8h6an5PasdRVf6-xc3WnTIH8A_1Pw6UDU4/s320/0EC10FD7-AD66-46C7-B36D-E9895DD8564E.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Got any sammiches?"</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was helped by a couple of these,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeWU3ogkeL3_RvewXrO6fxJCHyxt0ZN9uLpS-LISpHYWA9L3lWX5YyKg40W1BeTXqZt4fXP00OozwU9luaxzSWo4Fn0RnKF8WUWxQCeIY8OyGdz73Bg3SDUDBI8Toa5V56-ZlioEfsmUGfkq3KXmpkfIAhZsJ_fBuC2cGTzhdG028sb6Gnj5ON3sHtV9B/s3712/7DA40BCB-7B28-4C36-BC21-629334C910ED.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoeWU3ogkeL3_RvewXrO6fxJCHyxt0ZN9uLpS-LISpHYWA9L3lWX5YyKg40W1BeTXqZt4fXP00OozwU9luaxzSWo4Fn0RnKF8WUWxQCeIY8OyGdz73Bg3SDUDBI8Toa5V56-ZlioEfsmUGfkq3KXmpkfIAhZsJ_fBuC2cGTzhdG028sb6Gnj5ON3sHtV9B/s320/7DA40BCB-7B28-4C36-BC21-629334C910ED.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Buzzard!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Who kept the birds moving about, however futiley, and to the annoyance of perhaps all</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cJY6jVm6UPowdb9oQBzMSWUIJS2Z2dJwA3yfSek1KtjtG8EmuppX8c_bpmZUIfp8DldgoWjoui4yTRVNSp5eJrdv-C3yvZMiFfYqwmdh1jF9TJgIwMk2t3jOpgDthoguNVKwrdXXtVzsf_SJ4nYpgHUhCvZ7FyHv2qtkbRr2pyaOkAZVANOoZd05f3tT/s3712/845F3188-7540-4CF4-AF31-5366221DA834.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2cJY6jVm6UPowdb9oQBzMSWUIJS2Z2dJwA3yfSek1KtjtG8EmuppX8c_bpmZUIfp8DldgoWjoui4yTRVNSp5eJrdv-C3yvZMiFfYqwmdh1jF9TJgIwMk2t3jOpgDthoguNVKwrdXXtVzsf_SJ4nYpgHUhCvZ7FyHv2qtkbRr2pyaOkAZVANOoZd05f3tT/s320/845F3188-7540-4CF4-AF31-5366221DA834.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Wigeon and Teal</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After connecting with my target, I even tried a seawatch; though the wind was right into me and it was not easy finding somewhere I could see the sea and hold my scope at least slightly steady. But I persisted and munched lunch in a half hour of....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3 Herring Gulls and 3 Common Gulls South, and 1 Med Gull north.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Really.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not even a Gannet, not even an auk.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLE6uecxGC4pKfD3pmIlFokSNytdM7gC8_VjXamgQ3wbm_-NjRqcCTeKdQu8Jt8Vq9Y7afTpw2seyNerj6bKeb8DGHjGpSDygpvzJ9SVE7RPitoe5M3x8Dc8349jRXg_vO_QpnZa_zmtu5g834f3Fh98ElnL2Y6ihp7GSzNBilrBK4ItLC15Ok1GZeUES/s3648/1D1C27F4-E3F5-4AE0-A683-90130884FEA8_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLE6uecxGC4pKfD3pmIlFokSNytdM7gC8_VjXamgQ3wbm_-NjRqcCTeKdQu8Jt8Vq9Y7afTpw2seyNerj6bKeb8DGHjGpSDygpvzJ9SVE7RPitoe5M3x8Dc8349jRXg_vO_QpnZa_zmtu5g834f3Fh98ElnL2Y6ihp7GSzNBilrBK4ItLC15Ok1GZeUES/s320/1D1C27F4-E3F5-4AE0-A683-90130884FEA8_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Look to the left [Bolt Tail]</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHl5ET0dVcy4b3hBJ4mSHwdoTk5Ho-yCydQbZLA8BJ0yGGM7ZgT3ylsg6TxvjEVkygfSCF8BdqKwNv9W7KdNzczpwUQB9QOSS3WtACvHZ-dHbHTQ4MQldN9TYJIQoCcal2EyM-k__8VNBd60Q2UrC6hZ-6Ri2MAvO93_OufRfmbTXHEGYqfTUOrvC5KDW/s3678/C606748F-A4A5-4ADC-A854-25A4F2C3E32F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2758" data-original-width="3678" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgHl5ET0dVcy4b3hBJ4mSHwdoTk5Ho-yCydQbZLA8BJ0yGGM7ZgT3ylsg6TxvjEVkygfSCF8BdqKwNv9W7KdNzczpwUQB9QOSS3WtACvHZ-dHbHTQ4MQldN9TYJIQoCcal2EyM-k__8VNBd60Q2UrC6hZ-6Ri2MAvO93_OufRfmbTXHEGYqfTUOrvC5KDW/s320/C606748F-A4A5-4ADC-A854-25A4F2C3E32F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now look to the right</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Burgh Island] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGBlwZAnaWQtBn_5aPMfsoMXJ4sO2DtdeACrfGB9yCdZOJ7lKZBVkxp12ok9YG9vXfJox8b_Q2LMEnxMCFnfLo04bU1I-Bez5klfzZ3uN6wApBYjrHXgWZZRTpBoMJQNFyYTeTUuSzrvK4pRmPCCTXlOcRTPdrhum6a5c13uBSx3U4hhYNQdI8q0duUQ6/s2488/CDA07096-22E7-4610-9943-A1A012E344B7_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2488" data-original-width="2067" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkGBlwZAnaWQtBn_5aPMfsoMXJ4sO2DtdeACrfGB9yCdZOJ7lKZBVkxp12ok9YG9vXfJox8b_Q2LMEnxMCFnfLo04bU1I-Bez5klfzZ3uN6wApBYjrHXgWZZRTpBoMJQNFyYTeTUuSzrvK4pRmPCCTXlOcRTPdrhum6a5c13uBSx3U4hhYNQdI8q0duUQ6/s320/CDA07096-22E7-4610-9943-A1A012E344B7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="266" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More Snowdrops</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More madness ensued as I relocated again. Far to the north, in search of more birds that have eluded me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGkUoLMS9G_5UK8OxB065HFM6ZIsQvCK4HbVFcHA3hxdHVx2JkutOpzqENdwKCg8KqTdArXQ8RRa8nGJ7VNoYUv1aTXjOyzrL2nUk3XMgpbl5kTLJP08cWltAEdAgNvGW8mSObEoxS6xsoajfpkfrtx_qH6SRAAMX38BwsskMz3ePYhYgU_oP9PApwQ9X/s3699/5CF9CEDC-6C54-413D-8F3B-11C8EFA78315_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="3699" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGkUoLMS9G_5UK8OxB065HFM6ZIsQvCK4HbVFcHA3hxdHVx2JkutOpzqENdwKCg8KqTdArXQ8RRa8nGJ7VNoYUv1aTXjOyzrL2nUk3XMgpbl5kTLJP08cWltAEdAgNvGW8mSObEoxS6xsoajfpkfrtx_qH6SRAAMX38BwsskMz3ePYhYgU_oP9PApwQ9X/s320/5CF9CEDC-6C54-413D-8F3B-11C8EFA78315_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Exminster. Take 3</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[No comments on the definition of madness]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Water lower here, too. So I got through all the back way, and have to note that this needs advertising,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqC2WV6FG4kzrSOKr7bYno0wiLHCxFrTByCSM9jQjAktd7-Pk2iPnuW7nPIm92dLsUnEAp0eTYjeVYF_-ayukPnywRedDm_DvckkYAiinrRDvdzqB3jL4lWsuk5hDNthQzZC93R9WtWbillJNjW6sQ6F8OIwTUkgKa_DMC2XFbUSWO_uh5-Kp1vKnryujI/s3712/2DC79D0D-5D29-4C42-83B7-934A5C22AA52.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqC2WV6FG4kzrSOKr7bYno0wiLHCxFrTByCSM9jQjAktd7-Pk2iPnuW7nPIm92dLsUnEAp0eTYjeVYF_-ayukPnywRedDm_DvckkYAiinrRDvdzqB3jL4lWsuk5hDNthQzZC93R9WtWbillJNjW6sQ6F8OIwTUkgKa_DMC2XFbUSWO_uh5-Kp1vKnryujI/s320/2DC79D0D-5D29-4C42-83B7-934A5C22AA52.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The view from the blind.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The raspberries, in their infinite wisdom, took away a nice bench along the railway path that I was quite fond of, and have improved the view from the only place you can sit down and actually look at birds. Isn't it brilliant? And if you're a smaller person - say a child - you literally can't see any birds on the ground at all. This blind is also down an unmarked and very muddy path, so unless you're very curious or already know it's there, you're not finding it. The calculation it must have taken to get it so totally wrong is impressive.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But you can look out here!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NJAy_M464VnaixTvHRnMbqQCyicduq4lFgAOyen_LEPgPfTRuhixyK-3U8mj5JB3TyIJ6iFcqa4nsqfL0I9xa34Mgr84MMW1RAPswvM0jS_c9URLAJD-6C89wcxxTWiSf8Ui2oNOm-96lOCoySII83kPM1vR7lpVP7FTqo-pzVJqu_7qc4gnfKyRyGOB/s3712/DE958550-7A2A-4F25-A415-D9ED20185D46.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_NJAy_M464VnaixTvHRnMbqQCyicduq4lFgAOyen_LEPgPfTRuhixyK-3U8mj5JB3TyIJ6iFcqa4nsqfL0I9xa34Mgr84MMW1RAPswvM0jS_c9URLAJD-6C89wcxxTWiSf8Ui2oNOm-96lOCoySII83kPM1vR7lpVP7FTqo-pzVJqu_7qc4gnfKyRyGOB/s320/DE958550-7A2A-4F25-A415-D9ED20185D46.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">You see them? They see you.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">They no be there. </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So it is perhaps not entirely surprising that the closest thing to a non-Canada I found was this</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBn1B5o7VCMA6oSz6BdEI22omgctd6-YqXmaqk8C6zd0NaCGVfy6b3SC_TV2eFCF3AigMuz8-TwY4t_6_fwRlOc73Q6kg_GUer5FZi1euFOwfGAVrk4FtcCp0r03zlx62yuNx6QPdOZqDyPZNF1RMO8y9jmx6ylIT0BvTPksK9lbaQfxhdbDpSQr7JU7P/s3712/42802316-CE78-4825-A6A1-3EB27FFC5E69.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWBn1B5o7VCMA6oSz6BdEI22omgctd6-YqXmaqk8C6zd0NaCGVfy6b3SC_TV2eFCF3AigMuz8-TwY4t_6_fwRlOc73Q6kg_GUer5FZi1euFOwfGAVrk4FtcCp0r03zlx62yuNx6QPdOZqDyPZNF1RMO8y9jmx6ylIT0BvTPksK9lbaQfxhdbDpSQr7JU7P/s320/42802316-CE78-4825-A6A1-3EB27FFC5E69.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I suspect just seeing that head</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">sticking up in the distance <br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">is the source of a lot of</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'Snow Goose on Exminster'</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[am I being cynical?] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">While I'm ranting,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpXbvAiBVHu_7wUYNLk0j_wWvwsnuutH6JToWIERe-xr6_LAPM6ljEPt77Vnn-UAXCRuvtCb0kf4V0wS0en2O7AC77eX9yQqNmPqeyjDBJCJ9OjXwoMwRtwEDTdlFazPRF74WjEqs3_bgzXrHan9w1S56vq1QJ4fZ-0fIIOt3zk49P_nv32HjfnbCxrvF/s3712/45E19B7A-92B8-4606-8CA7-B752BE2B8708.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpXbvAiBVHu_7wUYNLk0j_wWvwsnuutH6JToWIERe-xr6_LAPM6ljEPt77Vnn-UAXCRuvtCb0kf4V0wS0en2O7AC77eX9yQqNmPqeyjDBJCJ9OjXwoMwRtwEDTdlFazPRF74WjEqs3_bgzXrHan9w1S56vq1QJ4fZ-0fIIOt3zk49P_nv32HjfnbCxrvF/s320/45E19B7A-92B8-4606-8CA7-B752BE2B8708.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Viewing platform being</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">used as campsite by anglers </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's get back to birds, shall we?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7SVbxf8MfQnlftN4iv61H9gaFQ6cLjSZdNM18f-JGAt4reWXFO4udOPetchh-siFqe3VHH_OKbgcjD5QQN2_MfZRP5wYABb_o__zQkIWKfBDqTq4R01LNsqAx6JOqo_sYdQ0nXBG-smGqOA6OEAf2vQQ4eVcOB3WSMdpLTo93_nLHvU-fw7fa7vFWeBF/s2924/417C2359-8948-4A64-BAD3-414E8A85B641_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2693" data-original-width="2924" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio7SVbxf8MfQnlftN4iv61H9gaFQ6cLjSZdNM18f-JGAt4reWXFO4udOPetchh-siFqe3VHH_OKbgcjD5QQN2_MfZRP5wYABb_o__zQkIWKfBDqTq4R01LNsqAx6JOqo_sYdQ0nXBG-smGqOA6OEAf2vQQ4eVcOB3WSMdpLTo93_nLHvU-fw7fa7vFWeBF/s320/417C2359-8948-4A64-BAD3-414E8A85B641_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Avocet</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0r5g8Ej4oVOkvFjwx95mv1F9aYA0OMH8WV3JXO4FTfilZpXNuoXZoUSaioq9ch3C0QQZNsaI4wzkFsfaZWaGHtKu_nvmwEjHONbGkZJGsvLyiw1byIt_GedwEFtPFhhSn07dQDQr_j008z_ohorj_5Oh61Ditd-p7uIcMDY891-Z9FYlh1xwZi6SqwcFP/s3295/E6193759-4D8B-4E21-B78A-79CF815FDF3D_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2649" data-original-width="3295" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0r5g8Ej4oVOkvFjwx95mv1F9aYA0OMH8WV3JXO4FTfilZpXNuoXZoUSaioq9ch3C0QQZNsaI4wzkFsfaZWaGHtKu_nvmwEjHONbGkZJGsvLyiw1byIt_GedwEFtPFhhSn07dQDQr_j008z_ohorj_5Oh61Ditd-p7uIcMDY891-Z9FYlh1xwZi6SqwcFP/s320/E6193759-4D8B-4E21-B78A-79CF815FDF3D_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Redshank and Greenshank</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But no Spotshank.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or Ruff 'in with Curlew' [there were 2 Blackwits, though].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboun1NBO3g-oVTN2TF6yvDocSK7rjPVRHmzrqT5Q1njsrvHLNyAj3wD34CCoRkJI9PYnSYLTfql_hCb4PQNJ3ig_B5WA3vtc-rmeHqRrIXg0Ol9QN-5q_oXwFKyKONTDbAkfGlYRBK04qYfnbOtoB9kDBLXJzvx8t4rf39NJx-4h0WHnyve5xIm-g3BwL/s3564/2CED98F9-E375-4B4B-A24B-F4933E5B83CA_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1659" data-original-width="3564" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjboun1NBO3g-oVTN2TF6yvDocSK7rjPVRHmzrqT5Q1njsrvHLNyAj3wD34CCoRkJI9PYnSYLTfql_hCb4PQNJ3ig_B5WA3vtc-rmeHqRrIXg0Ol9QN-5q_oXwFKyKONTDbAkfGlYRBK04qYfnbOtoB9kDBLXJzvx8t4rf39NJx-4h0WHnyve5xIm-g3BwL/s320/2CED98F9-E375-4B4B-A24B-F4933E5B83CA_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More Wigeon</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[no Americans] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKEyH_0hO19KYvny6U5dcXs77yMff2Pp6ShmlNVWd1egF0j9A4FxbQDcS-8vJO_mEVM7wc-a7rnqqwea31-jhkfH-0wpsGXQh3n9RTKapY04dLFJlOm4OY5ohMhUINqxEkrMFLkly_fFg-3WMVhyphenhyphenQX9H6jkRrU69rjX6fLThCRDMGXqXFJDPTavmPdaxM/s3712/2597E3B5-6002-4925-97A2-5E7F4F21A81F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKEyH_0hO19KYvny6U5dcXs77yMff2Pp6ShmlNVWd1egF0j9A4FxbQDcS-8vJO_mEVM7wc-a7rnqqwea31-jhkfH-0wpsGXQh3n9RTKapY04dLFJlOm4OY5ohMhUINqxEkrMFLkly_fFg-3WMVhyphenhyphenQX9H6jkRrU69rjX6fLThCRDMGXqXFJDPTavmPdaxM/s320/2597E3B5-6002-4925-97A2-5E7F4F21A81F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Closest of three</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Marsh Harriers </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another long yomp for nowt new, though a few nice moments [largely involving watching that Avocet].<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bugger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And too windy for a reasonable chance at owls.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I tried Powderham on my way home, despite dying light, well, because you have to.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No Egyptian Geese at any of their haunts, of course.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9SYAByyKMPmwadER4eNBi0jlh3oZft4pUydXH9ZHEQosx-fJwIwnM5Njv7T3Zi1FfcMl9nMk-m_Th3jiuXQbAbk9ehNi2ydWo4X4LR2ewNoIHhzNABBHXT4LiA0jvuaZmOdhOL2xplh6f3xxu9no-6XabF-NomuYLJ7SJK0VeqTjy7cQunNroQure-6E/s3712/145949E1-1C9A-42A8-823E-BD578675824A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9SYAByyKMPmwadER4eNBi0jlh3oZft4pUydXH9ZHEQosx-fJwIwnM5Njv7T3Zi1FfcMl9nMk-m_Th3jiuXQbAbk9ehNi2ydWo4X4LR2ewNoIHhzNABBHXT4LiA0jvuaZmOdhOL2xplh6f3xxu9no-6XabF-NomuYLJ7SJK0VeqTjy7cQunNroQure-6E/s320/145949E1-1C9A-42A8-823E-BD578675824A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Now THAT is a Snow Goose.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And before anybody starts going, I should point out that a) no plastic ring and b) they are feral breeders at a couple of sites in the country. So no different to Canada Goose, Mandarin, Little Owl... *<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqghYauf3n0NVQmrzNda_CkJNxK8DO3LQt9dslS1OmPmECGqjqRbtZWDu5zeLc0TYYVyGuNek8tSG3pUfjS4Ngndd3rTJTllHnahVLa2hh1voKgZSxSVzupWkGUy_O6ocbccY_ysui0NI6Q2yU_sW0Hqlpa5eIi4FATW3ezLMldM5XzsdubDKbgTbObUlJ/s3712/5EE8A001-2EE3-4BB0-8D9A-32E4E9F308DF.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqghYauf3n0NVQmrzNda_CkJNxK8DO3LQt9dslS1OmPmECGqjqRbtZWDu5zeLc0TYYVyGuNek8tSG3pUfjS4Ngndd3rTJTllHnahVLa2hh1voKgZSxSVzupWkGUy_O6ocbccY_ysui0NI6Q2yU_sW0Hqlpa5eIi4FATW3ezLMldM5XzsdubDKbgTbObUlJ/s320/5EE8A001-2EE3-4BB0-8D9A-32E4E9F308DF.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Don't go near the castle...</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">And finally,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7h9UQLyMMVAeyOnzL_bxDNRZXR2Trj4tMSv_iJ7og4pqUZi407EAxrEQjNZLYXQAYQSrqrWZCN0_PfpGxth9wlzHemNyif2nfP3FkI6wncSaPCNhL6UniR1uYZ2DRWdqip3rtLqEqTmNrB2fyrWKjO2B5l_zBje7VM591PhiSYqRmBq8npOECBGhcJTw/s3619/4450F74A-AB4F-41F6-A9A7-78893B3B4387_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2662" data-original-width="3619" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC7h9UQLyMMVAeyOnzL_bxDNRZXR2Trj4tMSv_iJ7og4pqUZi407EAxrEQjNZLYXQAYQSrqrWZCN0_PfpGxth9wlzHemNyif2nfP3FkI6wncSaPCNhL6UniR1uYZ2DRWdqip3rtLqEqTmNrB2fyrWKjO2B5l_zBje7VM591PhiSYqRmBq8npOECBGhcJTw/s320/4450F74A-AB4F-41F6-A9A7-78893B3B4387_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Why do they always</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">go after me..?" </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A long day and far too many miles, but that's the madness of yearlisting! And I'd never have seen that gorgeous thing if I hadn't been out.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* You cannot have any claim to scientific rigour and apply different standards to different birds. ]]<br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-23186831952314363412024-02-05T00:07:00.004+00:002024-02-05T00:19:53.958+00:00Right Then.<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">[[That's <i>last</i> Sunday, not <i>this</i> Sunday. I mean, <i>come on</i>, what blog is this? You're not expecting punctuality or anything now, are you???]]</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So, yes, last Sunday; after spending an hour watching the birdies, I got myself out and after stuff.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yarner was both cloudier and windier than I hoped, and it took a fair lot of stomping about to find anything much. I then took a moment or six to employ the Big Scope I'd dragged along to scan the environs while I had a cuppa, before heading West[ish], with Revenge on my mind.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh yes, here we go again. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TlUbKP6DebjcMs9qhRtS6RMVBTab0Fkg8xKAg60nmTn3ytOkZVbgh02P-08tW2FLMbinljSJdkSv-uzHQOR9_Apl54hKJrEpOPp_MVtI0hLRDbbQe-EpI5Qbs9MdxNKHIWDPg4VoWqKFD6a5MTn1FAwL7num8fAXCtTh1BVev9oreQo6wt408uY8zxKu/s3712/9CBC62F9-3F85-4C31-A8B8-8FFFA42E1AAC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5TlUbKP6DebjcMs9qhRtS6RMVBTab0Fkg8xKAg60nmTn3ytOkZVbgh02P-08tW2FLMbinljSJdkSv-uzHQOR9_Apl54hKJrEpOPp_MVtI0hLRDbbQe-EpI5Qbs9MdxNKHIWDPg4VoWqKFD6a5MTn1FAwL7num8fAXCtTh1BVev9oreQo6wt408uY8zxKu/s320/9CBC62F9-3F85-4C31-A8B8-8FFFA42E1AAC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A nice tree at Yarner</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Enjoy this.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">[I hope you're not expecting any good bird pics, as <b><i>eeech</i></b>, you ain't getting' none.]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I do have some nice pics, though. [Just not of birds] [[Ah, what's new?]]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So, another go at that duck.</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;">I remember when the famous RCP was easy. Sitting on Saltram duckie pond, usually. But even when up at Portworthy Dam, she wasn't exactly elusive. RCPs being big things, too, and hard to hide. Or so you'd think.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Not this year.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lots of looking about said water body and, well,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBAcX8KnfKtW0Cy73lasJNjRK095MrUDiSLYmgGuLWrNNeBY7FlBopQ08e11u75FKXF5ezmvGqN7mdt0wv3ay9MWx2Svv_kX1LFAele4y9pySYyEla6zXuJBQ6LEYPuS684z-uphtdR9aHllH6cbk_edVR8aATlYFNiG9bxZaAsL9yXnuepdHf_m1jjri/s3712/F6573253-E343-455A-86F6-4D660FBBF61F.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqBAcX8KnfKtW0Cy73lasJNjRK095MrUDiSLYmgGuLWrNNeBY7FlBopQ08e11u75FKXF5ezmvGqN7mdt0wv3ay9MWx2Svv_kX1LFAele4y9pySYyEla6zXuJBQ6LEYPuS684z-uphtdR9aHllH6cbk_edVR8aATlYFNiG9bxZaAsL9yXnuepdHf_m1jjri/s320/F6573253-E343-455A-86F6-4D660FBBF61F.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sleeping something</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I honestly don't know what that is, but there's a male Teal behind it, so it's quite big.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I eventually found the Red-crested Pochard on the north pools. Just. There are two, one by the road, viewable if you are careful about the traffic, and one over the way, viewable with great difficulty. [Or very easily if you feel like trespassing on the Mine's property, which I didn't.] She was of course on the eastern pool, tucked right in to the southern end and only visible legally from one point. Also 12 Canada, 1 L Grebe, and 9 Tufty on that pool.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was focussing through a line of Willows, and camera? Hah!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I stomped off in a <b>'Gotcha. It's done. I'm done with you.'</b> kinda way. It was far later in the day than I'd hoped, and I reluctantly scrubbed my intended third stop due to time. But Crownhill Down was just up there. I could use a good walk for more than one reason. There <i>might</i> be a sexy gull up there? [There sure weren't ANY on Portworthy...]</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Off we go! <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBUe9Sc7VzQzdlBckxzyABy-hNjkSoVSQSyYYXU6YJzOS25eGmbsypfTrzma69RcJVIyjHXGYox-Dn8ux3QKCEkfslLDYmF2VIjfVxRp_Kuw4fdfwvpcuFt29owhA_mas3Vvf2MvvhT-JgaZD9OMMyWmNNKVXD_RioaTcPrQquKfy94elrmaDY5yc5rXG/s3712/6523D265-6272-4350-814B-7B6E92344631.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBUe9Sc7VzQzdlBckxzyABy-hNjkSoVSQSyYYXU6YJzOS25eGmbsypfTrzma69RcJVIyjHXGYox-Dn8ux3QKCEkfslLDYmF2VIjfVxRp_Kuw4fdfwvpcuFt29owhA_mas3Vvf2MvvhT-JgaZD9OMMyWmNNKVXD_RioaTcPrQquKfy94elrmaDY5yc5rXG/s320/6523D265-6272-4350-814B-7B6E92344631.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Coobeasties.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[There are some winter thrushes,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">you can't see them] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Did I mention the weather? Sideways mizzle. Bugger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l0D4r2DLyGByeuCOr60sSTp7whrP8XoCTQijIakp7ZR569o58gx04gaOeZAd1P7Arq-YMSmxaSL0GMms_Yy4x7mv0Q7A_uxcZziGSwwUUuuL4nOL79vMoVCEOVJoU9_GzU0qv6UAu2_B3ZSN7ju1Bb7x8mi4zgVke31JNzMX4DdAdgNETnzJJQ2skxEU/s3712/88127EED-C614-4F01-A814-C0C1E0353A0C.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7l0D4r2DLyGByeuCOr60sSTp7whrP8XoCTQijIakp7ZR569o58gx04gaOeZAd1P7Arq-YMSmxaSL0GMms_Yy4x7mv0Q7A_uxcZziGSwwUUuuL4nOL79vMoVCEOVJoU9_GzU0qv6UAu2_B3ZSN7ju1Bb7x8mi4zgVke31JNzMX4DdAdgNETnzJJQ2skxEU/s320/88127EED-C614-4F01-A814-C0C1E0353A0C.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">First glimpse..?</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But... Gulls!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBWcuHqepRIFZaUXYmsfh3oWfROvmaBCTNtzT84zRZWWiOsrKor7OjIpEZ-reN06HKDdbHEV07jIdqdztmUDHlaLFmPNFQw1tuwLBYB9wtVHZG1HULETiyokKC-ZkuthZ1g7It2eb6IgmKL79-5lRsqXdOOldEjyn0RRE7D1ieDebu3kDwuXGVFxGM-zX/s3712/5035DFF4-B5E9-41EA-9CBE-6DC076294A95.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwBWcuHqepRIFZaUXYmsfh3oWfROvmaBCTNtzT84zRZWWiOsrKor7OjIpEZ-reN06HKDdbHEV07jIdqdztmUDHlaLFmPNFQw1tuwLBYB9wtVHZG1HULETiyokKC-ZkuthZ1g7It2eb6IgmKL79-5lRsqXdOOldEjyn0RRE7D1ieDebu3kDwuXGVFxGM-zX/s320/5035DFF4-B5E9-41EA-9CBE-6DC076294A95.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The view.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Again, no trespassing here!] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gulls!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2439" data-original-width="3708" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilq9yKzuc0UJvMbYH9bN408wZl33EWvRGEJnuzBlStzIev0YhLNehJwsRIDtNxZCKMhk97Xog2f_tK3WcIaQMFNFEH5ybFtkIEsUXamIkGI3E-kX4M8tnnMPSmOw9eUXpcMlAYBRPHE0l7WR2aHOoSt6iqVY92LlSlNA19Vj7IJJPFzeV0G_eY1lMz_fL4/s320/7763971F-D7A3-4251-A97D-FF19EAC57633_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yes, beyond the Mussel beds...</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Lots of Razorbills and Guillemots scattered across the Bay in ones and twos, but divers?</div><div style="text-align: left;">Up there you have three in a row, all BTD! [Yes, really]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Totals; 3 BTD, 2 RTD, and 9+ GND</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not bad. Though not one grebe or duck could I find. It was a bit choppy and afternoony [work limitations, you know], but you would have thought at least a GCG or two..?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The marsh was very quiet bar a lone [though vocal] Blackcap - I suspect the warmer weather has a lot to do with that - and the only other bird of note was yet another croaking flyover Grey Heron [seems like every visit, these days].<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Med Gulls were better behaved;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7kYZGR0BiCBXsw9R6v9suBVqLGAEAZSyOMHeskiGqbDW0WYAyg03pNlyNiICXU7giwdX6f_ghiQ-Z8kW7isnpnP1xv1CJaAE8XQN6PGJFGqePdq3Wgie64te9LOTIweUpeUarYuwEdwpXEPvNigR4wwfcKPunMdLFNZPf7_uLtv5P__W12gWmRsGRt9f/s3096/C3F7BD9E-17C8-4F35-A216-086804C39F06_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="3096" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH7kYZGR0BiCBXsw9R6v9suBVqLGAEAZSyOMHeskiGqbDW0WYAyg03pNlyNiICXU7giwdX6f_ghiQ-Z8kW7isnpnP1xv1CJaAE8XQN6PGJFGqePdq3Wgie64te9LOTIweUpeUarYuwEdwpXEPvNigR4wwfcKPunMdLFNZPf7_uLtv5P__W12gWmRsGRt9f/s320/C3F7BD9E-17C8-4F35-A216-086804C39F06_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Count 'em</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnjUDlKkMaHWZpQOez4FJPyGi5OdlIXKdQjlV-XbcBBoYt-1_cuUKNWEbdhZb0YbmWKsqp-DqQ1vgaOIra1aQ_9QGZriUWWJReIZJGXSdiO1InAAOx6Ukh0Rin3dUYl9zWjthi-gqU3BpiNJFPhbTOzrkydU5cY2aBmKKQsjrgDcjfxa3jH4ZnJs37iGl/s3712/0023F077-A737-46B3-A8E8-1BEBBC231523.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvnjUDlKkMaHWZpQOez4FJPyGi5OdlIXKdQjlV-XbcBBoYt-1_cuUKNWEbdhZb0YbmWKsqp-DqQ1vgaOIra1aQ_9QGZriUWWJReIZJGXSdiO1InAAOx6Ukh0Rin3dUYl9zWjthi-gqU3BpiNJFPhbTOzrkydU5cY2aBmKKQsjrgDcjfxa3jH4ZnJs37iGl/s320/0023F077-A737-46B3-A8E8-1BEBBC231523.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6qWAZEN-upAA7NQFIPz7owLAhKf90iADEOXCE4VEneixbYUcUUXIXYT1p6Q2TYUoV1HFOFvgvKmxoxvdw7uH6yeWd6gUvFCFTbnNB4H-HHd_DNSl8awDO86e1HArQBHo_QQN2iQQYQhyphenhyphen0CDNaVa_ogEZWDU-Up9aUVaNRmlSftTvrmWoA_hzN5K6apwc/s3712/08248EE0-F933-4BD1-832B-5A69DC50A45B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib6qWAZEN-upAA7NQFIPz7owLAhKf90iADEOXCE4VEneixbYUcUUXIXYT1p6Q2TYUoV1HFOFvgvKmxoxvdw7uH6yeWd6gUvFCFTbnNB4H-HHd_DNSl8awDO86e1HArQBHo_QQN2iQQYQhyphenhyphen0CDNaVa_ogEZWDU-Up9aUVaNRmlSftTvrmWoA_hzN5K6apwc/s320/08248EE0-F933-4BD1-832B-5A69DC50A45B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Pretty sure these two are different from the four up there.?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The final results of all this madness is 141.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And I still haven't seen a Ringed Plover this year.....!?!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Or that Ruff, or those geese.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hmmm. Must do better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-85826842218305821072024-02-01T19:07:00.001+00:002024-02-01T19:07:48.931+00:00That 'Patch' Thing<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After all the fun of Friday, Saturday saw me suffering a nasty attack of indecision [also sleep].</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But fortunately, The Teacher sent me timely news of a Certain Bird and I dragged myself by the bootlaces over to The Nose.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh look, right away;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cD87-3E4LMyXY7oMb5_OJXsC2NiNTYZply8Q5UmwQF4yZmh8Uu1ei4W4NHhkRIDevrv1brbKBGthvhqDd54vxVPNK73dDAp_dobUSArEcDw9aEC1TVYXAiYKLv-x_abapEpArO6wv9JZOwgib6g9MEghI4LXShoCM-YB9AO96ArJbcoppeKy0YW8HmEV/s2521/F1451ECF-4496-49E5-816A-45AD319337FF_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1910" data-original-width="2521" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_cD87-3E4LMyXY7oMb5_OJXsC2NiNTYZply8Q5UmwQF4yZmh8Uu1ei4W4NHhkRIDevrv1brbKBGthvhqDd54vxVPNK73dDAp_dobUSArEcDw9aEC1TVYXAiYKLv-x_abapEpArO6wv9JZOwgib6g9MEghI4LXShoCM-YB9AO96ArJbcoppeKy0YW8HmEV/s320/F1451ECF-4496-49E5-816A-45AD319337FF_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BlackRed</span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yes!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd lugged the Big Scope over and Much Sea Scanning followed.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I found 1 GND, </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa9akK8UxrYo0dCSad4vDORchIVHfJTlRkwmqmdMynlbT-q8jDQ-DAP8XrBJyjJoyNYqq-XY5MDqYnisd4ZdLa7vlYII91QAcBBzVgkmoBnRHPFLlkXcnxR81HUlgrY2TZhkQuGJQRjFZR6TtAieAecoSgX3xDSere91Ht8uzdYFC_FMXV1-PCQhwj7Cy/s2991/BFF57360-960A-435B-8139-D144B1C3F22B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2261" data-original-width="2991" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpa9akK8UxrYo0dCSad4vDORchIVHfJTlRkwmqmdMynlbT-q8jDQ-DAP8XrBJyjJoyNYqq-XY5MDqYnisd4ZdLa7vlYII91QAcBBzVgkmoBnRHPFLlkXcnxR81HUlgrY2TZhkQuGJQRjFZR6TtAieAecoSgX3xDSere91Ht8uzdYFC_FMXV1-PCQhwj7Cy/s320/BFF57360-960A-435B-8139-D144B1C3F22B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">At a tricky long range / bad</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">light combination... </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Checking from other points?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3+ Harbour Porpoise, and this character</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlM2sWX5Y-T8S_7NJXSSuNIyBanHsmF8buVtIVV2cMu1FXTo9j8up7ol3SwBCP9EsjaCv8QTtWgDSutbPeZl6TfgEVJPuLAHsn0CumeMVNYZHqHOA5POKeqcfPeH0i4d7re89AxVaK0xI8-zFp0igTzY52tBQr8syl0fvfTfrsdqHAwLLwLzExlnrlLX1/s3383/538BF60C-97B4-414B-B2B7-E2E2679F799C_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2317" data-original-width="3383" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlM2sWX5Y-T8S_7NJXSSuNIyBanHsmF8buVtIVV2cMu1FXTo9j8up7ol3SwBCP9EsjaCv8QTtWgDSutbPeZl6TfgEVJPuLAHsn0CumeMVNYZHqHOA5POKeqcfPeH0i4d7re89AxVaK0xI8-zFp0igTzY52tBQr8syl0fvfTfrsdqHAwLLwLzExlnrlLX1/s320/538BF60C-97B4-414B-B2B7-E2E2679F799C_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">ZzzzzzZZZzzzz</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yeah.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As the day ended, I hit the Blackball Roost - for the first time in far too long - and I got..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nothing. Zero.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Even the Herring Gulls flew around the corner.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, that was a first.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Goddess of Birding, She giveth as She pleases.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be that wonderful birds or bugger all, we have to find out for ourselves...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've also spent a little time watching my little Skygarden, here's a pic;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCrYMueHC3hobmcFV4w8xH4hoa1deK-5ZQ74FsdeQcBYET8iP0xrpJxLU5vjj_7DW4O_IgD8XlvfqKbtJAOLVDUJvq1UZ9l_kMO67m1Rtt86i5EUs8Cxho4YLbs5Ungz5AF4SJleDOA7XKzLzrH9ayukcYdzp1MLAhNi93RIbSZbWy1fg5Z_MCSH3wZKh/s3128/6C127430-2A04-401E-88BF-5735F726DC46_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3128" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiCrYMueHC3hobmcFV4w8xH4hoa1deK-5ZQ74FsdeQcBYET8iP0xrpJxLU5vjj_7DW4O_IgD8XlvfqKbtJAOLVDUJvq1UZ9l_kMO67m1Rtt86i5EUs8Cxho4YLbs5Ungz5AF4SJleDOA7XKzLzrH9ayukcYdzp1MLAhNi93RIbSZbWy1fg5Z_MCSH3wZKh/s320/6C127430-2A04-401E-88BF-5735F726DC46_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Greenfinches</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Only two when I'm counting, of course 😕<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also, it being rather Springy around here, some more flowering things;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPNwhzeEvK6vaj9EdxM_Pjzq0TT9I0l0hN0OXwvda8XFG9z-oSyVcvhZxTsRGuFmu6TiyZ-OOHW1Gw9GnQDNQmzt345ivBSO9U2IuFFXCeQKMooCmgQ6MSp2s5PuT8ziEJlObb53iKMGldv5J64f05VPNAwqK7WdO7zqmAH8gx7Ej7B7Y6pjdZpsDb6SJ/s2774/6A2C5BA3-D3BE-458E-9D20-59F387E012EC_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2774" data-original-width="2485" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibPNwhzeEvK6vaj9EdxM_Pjzq0TT9I0l0hN0OXwvda8XFG9z-oSyVcvhZxTsRGuFmu6TiyZ-OOHW1Gw9GnQDNQmzt345ivBSO9U2IuFFXCeQKMooCmgQ6MSp2s5PuT8ziEJlObb53iKMGldv5J64f05VPNAwqK7WdO7zqmAH8gx7Ej7B7Y6pjdZpsDb6SJ/s320/6A2C5BA3-D3BE-458E-9D20-59F387E012EC_1_201_a.jpeg" width="287" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Mimosa</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sAHCmUmEPzOJzimMMHz6wQ-mFmihg82bq_mHHImVJrnCzlURqXriRHIPFRn30W58CemBUHdLJ6WU5m1Kvy3mxHZTL7KjBqe4oLrgJCR_QjK5-hHUVXLYo7rbHmyfwtqaD__mdb1r0nJfPWprAXf51X2kuYfEP1ynsi5TszoaRVwHbqV_qzKwGL6opv6U/s2378/23B3FBD7-86C5-4B12-9A7D-6002D5CED0A7_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1914" data-original-width="2378" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7sAHCmUmEPzOJzimMMHz6wQ-mFmihg82bq_mHHImVJrnCzlURqXriRHIPFRn30W58CemBUHdLJ6WU5m1Kvy3mxHZTL7KjBqe4oLrgJCR_QjK5-hHUVXLYo7rbHmyfwtqaD__mdb1r0nJfPWprAXf51X2kuYfEP1ynsi5TszoaRVwHbqV_qzKwGL6opv6U/s320/23B3FBD7-86C5-4B12-9A7D-6002D5CED0A7_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Primroses</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What a lovely way to end a post.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not the ending to the weekend, though. I had Unfinished Business, after all.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-61528199481639625582024-01-29T19:23:00.000+00:002024-01-29T19:23:33.086+00:00Walking Around In More Circles<div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another week, another city, more wandering about after yearticks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This time it was Plimoth* and I had business with birds upon a theme of red not green.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Cue the thumbnail pic;</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxD893E8FS6tJXWow1xhPlTyPG_VgrtFlJw6-yLTlc5ySKRRWsLZ1ddq8AkWtTFC2wdvnqEydV-XIYyaEnu1vTTXF0PMzAkQ-oNxJgv0sp3eM-zSVPq1pypBi8wN1KHDHfTXLJ2_E-LHM7qjJM641B70sWjuLfkk3XL91nUhvEby8byXA8dUhDLKHAKnm/s3571/D2E39AE6-4564-488E-95F1-D7EFD63E5DE2_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="3571" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlxD893E8FS6tJXWow1xhPlTyPG_VgrtFlJw6-yLTlc5ySKRRWsLZ1ddq8AkWtTFC2wdvnqEydV-XIYyaEnu1vTTXF0PMzAkQ-oNxJgv0sp3eM-zSVPq1pypBi8wN1KHDHfTXLJ2_E-LHM7qjJM641B70sWjuLfkk3XL91nUhvEby8byXA8dUhDLKHAKnm/s320/D2E39AE6-4564-488E-95F1-D7EFD63E5DE2_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Redshank, showing</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">us how it's done </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I headed over after work on Friday, hoping and indeed succeeding in catching to falling tide at Laira Bridge, where a certain grebe was duly fishing just upstream near the west bank. However, I then spoiled this great start by legging it down to said Bridge to try to get a decent photo, instead of setting up and hitting it right away. Looking into the light and getting a blob at best was my fear, so it wasn't an unreasonable decision. Also said RNG was actively fishing, and could drift off out of view very easily. So moving closer.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">You can see where this is going, right?</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Well, I certainly didn't see where the Red-neck went, it vanished qite thoroughly! I rather suspect it had gone quite a long way, as there's been one on and off around St.John's Lake, on the 'other side', and I have a One Bird Theory...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A nice GND <i>was</i> just downstream of Laira Bridges**</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KLEizDRmNiDi6Bd8W0UnrSGsIVZJuF7TjIVP1sxwGEtV0q5j2-JYujbFYXNRcpu1vG1_JlMD0N1T_cwikqlFRXrYESgLojh_Sh18jIEeFWg2E8sWUZsolNNhxYPxkEEPjTlK6WLCWoVlcfsH4BSu6AGOeSizr-QQhbDLBIDl0-tJ6pL-nuEIGXtZ9OYH/s3712/F418A488-6DEC-4B7E-864E-20D8510240E4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KLEizDRmNiDi6Bd8W0UnrSGsIVZJuF7TjIVP1sxwGEtV0q5j2-JYujbFYXNRcpu1vG1_JlMD0N1T_cwikqlFRXrYESgLojh_Sh18jIEeFWg2E8sWUZsolNNhxYPxkEEPjTlK6WLCWoVlcfsH4BSu6AGOeSizr-QQhbDLBIDl0-tJ6pL-nuEIGXtZ9OYH/s320/F418A488-6DEC-4B7E-864E-20D8510240E4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Helpful light?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ho ho ho... </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Hoping the RNG might come back when the tide turned [it was getting quite low] and having other fish to fry, I turned myself upstream and yomped to Saltram.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOodbPym6R9Uo8lBn2zl_7RaWDIIf2ekca123TQbszY6eOBaHuGQ4gt0Jl2VnTqmcFdc8jL9W08hOrgdOtOaeRXmXBO_gD-ZKhU1Cr-TZLTNIuNXp4Oe87VR632o-7vbDs-R1c4-0ysSOzZE4PQhEpkrUbcqDH-MwFmxknLdE2XVc3r3-63CZkF1d_AAT/s3712/27817849-AA09-4E57-B577-5A7BF004B1D4.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyOodbPym6R9Uo8lBn2zl_7RaWDIIf2ekca123TQbszY6eOBaHuGQ4gt0Jl2VnTqmcFdc8jL9W08hOrgdOtOaeRXmXBO_gD-ZKhU1Cr-TZLTNIuNXp4Oe87VR632o-7vbDs-R1c4-0ysSOzZE4PQhEpkrUbcqDH-MwFmxknLdE2XVc3r3-63CZkF1d_AAT/s320/27817849-AA09-4E57-B577-5A7BF004B1D4.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blaxton Meadow</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[perhaps a renaming in order?] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Not much to see? Well, the Greenshank nipped off quickly, but a whole lot of Snipe didn't</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr_UHHjW1vx_7N8SRUPlpDm4UtOSOy_6snpM1gi078scdGN-bS7qExaXHuVRFraGdZKrMh9noov_UnpQqSZpX5hUnMu7-UrO5a-jjHClEwAx9iA-QddsY7YGCxqTMWOrj15FC851lqmM33Fz5gEiOAoG1ttOG1YL-8sKpZ0MC_oIcMhZrnpvxgEn02Mfh/s3322/36B828D7-ADFC-471C-8062-BAD388AE65E0_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2307" data-original-width="3322" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlr_UHHjW1vx_7N8SRUPlpDm4UtOSOy_6snpM1gi078scdGN-bS7qExaXHuVRFraGdZKrMh9noov_UnpQqSZpX5hUnMu7-UrO5a-jjHClEwAx9iA-QddsY7YGCxqTMWOrj15FC851lqmM33Fz5gEiOAoG1ttOG1YL-8sKpZ0MC_oIcMhZrnpvxgEn02Mfh/s320/36B828D7-ADFC-471C-8062-BAD388AE65E0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Not being very Snipe-y</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa31WVL5z-9PKCe3Jo3vCuh6IfhoswXqwcYZx_odpNOGZlsug6Yb_9mr5I6daygDOakAi05NunwTAq3Y59CB_TKOr_j0dtFSMrFf2PsMpfznGSiBt8G9LGftZuzkBpcfIOeqspGgInqXZlv6q7sgxI9AGnl6emAAb222AkTupYOY8vM9GgJNKfqW2MA36/s2567/D8E2A2C1-3B1B-4DA5-B150-2F49D24695B0_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="2567" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFa31WVL5z-9PKCe3Jo3vCuh6IfhoswXqwcYZx_odpNOGZlsug6Yb_9mr5I6daygDOakAi05NunwTAq3Y59CB_TKOr_j0dtFSMrFf2PsMpfznGSiBt8G9LGftZuzkBpcfIOeqspGgInqXZlv6q7sgxI9AGnl6emAAb222AkTupYOY8vM9GgJNKfqW2MA36/s320/D8E2A2C1-3B1B-4DA5-B150-2F49D24695B0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This lot doing it better.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Double Test;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1. How many Snipe?</div><div style="text-align: left;">2. Spot the Jack!!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">:D</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh yes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">35+ Common Snipe in view, which isn't bad. One [and possibly a second] Jack Snipe was blimmin' brilliant.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another year tick was very vocal but not very visible. I headed up to the house, then back via the inland route, and</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntGnD3qi8r9koHTvSkqTgaPxTh-3LBXkKPqOD8BaiIhNHmkQ_5U0eVwyB83_yCBFldmfkTzjE0g_obSyIUfD38U-RUVq8zDPZ9H7XI-lGKvv7gw0tofIpoFdgFFmNHyR6IWTjt98O08MmaxXeGUSqqteTt9I-PHqqiYwW3P672_wq9jZIUsZw9yfK8zN5/s3581/03AD8D9E-114B-4054-8F08-FE521FD0235A_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2619" data-original-width="3581" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjntGnD3qi8r9koHTvSkqTgaPxTh-3LBXkKPqOD8BaiIhNHmkQ_5U0eVwyB83_yCBFldmfkTzjE0g_obSyIUfD38U-RUVq8zDPZ9H7XI-lGKvv7gw0tofIpoFdgFFmNHyR6IWTjt98O08MmaxXeGUSqqteTt9I-PHqqiYwW3P672_wq9jZIUsZw9yfK8zN5/s320/03AD8D9E-114B-4054-8F08-FE521FD0235A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">On the Gift Shop</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Duck Pond! </span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GLV9bypO_whjamlcTYiPK8G8LVL0-8Ix4kpC77Iv9DLKkoXgcNG1wv_hWLCH2ZdIzrP-1VpAu-wfLJqlG08XTlF3YIHSf1e1AorVCOqEyrAASg8q_lxaGpRr_Skh1Vtyapp-lTYd7pf8F2XUBr3tV-mF1kk7NIBnzwslc1sjnRRt2lthAayhAv00-u-w/s3028/E3089804-6E80-4135-AAE5-E997FF882017_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2549" data-original-width="3028" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2GLV9bypO_whjamlcTYiPK8G8LVL0-8Ix4kpC77Iv9DLKkoXgcNG1wv_hWLCH2ZdIzrP-1VpAu-wfLJqlG08XTlF3YIHSf1e1AorVCOqEyrAASg8q_lxaGpRr_Skh1Vtyapp-lTYd7pf8F2XUBr3tV-mF1kk7NIBnzwslc1sjnRRt2lthAayhAv00-u-w/s320/E3089804-6E80-4135-AAE5-E997FF882017_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">One of 28</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J-HSKmQmWBwB9J35j1UH6HjBNUdG1pTunZ4h2uEqQ-Aay_SGQQYoiGpERVUgmFCmRN0r2T3iiByZJb2aAFSmjqGDTBiJ1E3VgsA32V_ISIhyphenhyphenc7lgY5c4wp-AhyypY_m4xaXDv3QwYG9W5bnna1jQyQWdVhE91sE6qHfqDHT9iAls8-4JyRFpwFd5nWFC/s2354/DC88AA80-308E-40F9-B1BB-07E5FA381514_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2354" data-original-width="1979" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-J-HSKmQmWBwB9J35j1UH6HjBNUdG1pTunZ4h2uEqQ-Aay_SGQQYoiGpERVUgmFCmRN0r2T3iiByZJb2aAFSmjqGDTBiJ1E3VgsA32V_ISIhyphenhyphenc7lgY5c4wp-AhyypY_m4xaXDv3QwYG9W5bnna1jQyQWdVhE91sE6qHfqDHT9iAls8-4JyRFpwFd5nWFC/s320/DC88AA80-308E-40F9-B1BB-07E5FA381514_1_201_a.jpeg" width="269" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Redwing</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvkOLOVtDu7z5C53wAdl1Fws3UdSHKDJMSeo4LQ62IDz0k-aTyk8WhzLlAVUAu-9bguIRAM8zHm1Q2yViow2ukPC-NN6RZQrAVfuu86hWjoKCFKvN7aBBUpPF9A_x2z0qA-5iemj36SKaS9-2u9-ewAFttUCenWrmrlOEe3-rRuGn3KsDN2z4my87s8El/s2343/4F224525-FD42-444D-90AD-808A90611414_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2343" data-original-width="1864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPvkOLOVtDu7z5C53wAdl1Fws3UdSHKDJMSeo4LQ62IDz0k-aTyk8WhzLlAVUAu-9bguIRAM8zHm1Q2yViow2ukPC-NN6RZQrAVfuu86hWjoKCFKvN7aBBUpPF9A_x2z0qA-5iemj36SKaS9-2u9-ewAFttUCenWrmrlOEe3-rRuGn3KsDN2z4my87s8El/s320/4F224525-FD42-444D-90AD-808A90611414_1_201_a.jpeg" width="255" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">There you are.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Eventually one started up the kid's toy routine down-Sun. :)<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Getting back to Laira, I met a local birder who was making a practice of dipping the RNG, and duly no RNG was seen by us.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Suffering yearlistingitis, I abandoned the wait and headed up to the edge of t'Moor in search of another red-themed bird, but it was getting late and not a sniff could I get of her. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bugger.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But I'd got 4 out of 5, and while dipping the easy one was annoying it was also somewhat amusing [well, it is now, looking back] or at least bemusing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Having to go back for a rubber duckie, though.. Well, that's birding.</div><div style="text-align: left;">[Those with longer memories may recall me going a LOT further for one, once upon a time, so not that unreasonable. Maybe.] <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh, yeah, sorry.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">'That's yearlisting'.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As it was a weekend of it, there will be more and I shall<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* Don't get me started]]</div><div style="text-align: left;">[[** </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXXJodHi5jdEHvFyIsQv7KBJ4m3WX4N65b2TYPIzqNIu-AlUDL4Dn6sWeqlUaXtWdWDfuuS9_zJxOwxhWnQ1qEXV5dc-giP2osueVQQEIgyKuRDYMw1hFNdk8fwsk1DczIy5K6e7L0I0iX0iLM2h1m1wKTvA-pKOPWTKpuLrchZuefIQBdMHNkU4m42ie/s3712/72A45506-3340-4FB4-9BAD-D775FC207139.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxXXJodHi5jdEHvFyIsQv7KBJ4m3WX4N65b2TYPIzqNIu-AlUDL4Dn6sWeqlUaXtWdWDfuuS9_zJxOwxhWnQ1qEXV5dc-giP2osueVQQEIgyKuRDYMw1hFNdk8fwsk1DczIy5K6e7L0I0iX0iLM2h1m1wKTvA-pKOPWTKpuLrchZuefIQBdMHNkU4m42ie/s320/72A45506-3340-4FB4-9BAD-D775FC207139.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Two, see?]]</span> </div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-12891653019516107952024-01-27T19:34:00.000+00:002024-01-27T19:34:07.698+00:00Walking Around In Circles<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So you have a tendency to do daft things when chasing yearticks.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like wandering around in large funny-shaped [due to a very inconveniently-closed bridge] circles trying to find and photo a bird that shouldn't be that hard to get, really...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I found the right bit of the right bit eventually, in what was very much not the sort of area you'd expect to find waders in. Behold, what is in effect a bramble-lined concrete channel in one of those neighbourhoods were there are speedbumps <i>everywhere</i>;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGP-U_WpS0ICp2TUoS0wg2Q8rDobvu0YwPWOHykQnkmbgZ9T8X5KdEzJNdkR00qwmuM5FkNYKxyIHy4fiyyZvTMDgI920fKxQ_Q_T7qKc-9lSsZc1gnsi93zLh0Fxgr1XfrDY2omuUhsv9NvigEcyEUi3vttI-U6dLYS0G9EX_tRT79P1sXruoE7yCsAy/s3712/12D26362-D03E-421F-9717-8FD7302690C2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjGP-U_WpS0ICp2TUoS0wg2Q8rDobvu0YwPWOHykQnkmbgZ9T8X5KdEzJNdkR00qwmuM5FkNYKxyIHy4fiyyZvTMDgI920fKxQ_Q_T7qKc-9lSsZc1gnsi93zLh0Fxgr1XfrDY2omuUhsv9NvigEcyEUi3vttI-U6dLYS0G9EX_tRT79P1sXruoE7yCsAy/s320/12D26362-D03E-421F-9717-8FD7302690C2.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Green Sand,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">'somewhere in Exeter' </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not that bad, really, [bit like Foxhole, he says] but when you're trying to get the frickin' camera to zoom, it's being petulant, and you notice out of the corner of your eye a shifty type in a hoodie alter course your way.. Well, you start to think of post themes. [Ok, that slightly <i>after</i> you've got a bad pic, pocketed your camera, and stomped away past said - probably entirely unaware you exist - character with your best 'I am so not worth even thinking it, mate' face on]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Before that, I'd tried wandering around a lot of the Valley Parks, looking for this as well as that. It was a bit windy, but not horrific, and sheltered areas weren't bad at all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCH2eaaDezVdP5RwdWy1ypSfMKrPhzgY-YV165eL2o8o9CEa_Rmq3-wA4rNx5u1uI6MLW8Y9z3a3s_TnJGtUQq8YZx9757Fu_5Ge9B0VhyphenhyphensoBryJ_NMqBginTVQoH9jdBzuBI0qb_OiGSHU33gF95SuX-fcjeotplKu29qTiioDHgPFD2CPQYdt1YDoUY/s3680/7AF0DFC9-59D4-4955-B12A-DCFF164D757F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="3680" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFCH2eaaDezVdP5RwdWy1ypSfMKrPhzgY-YV165eL2o8o9CEa_Rmq3-wA4rNx5u1uI6MLW8Y9z3a3s_TnJGtUQq8YZx9757Fu_5Ge9B0VhyphenhyphensoBryJ_NMqBginTVQoH9jdBzuBI0qb_OiGSHU33gF95SuX-fcjeotplKu29qTiioDHgPFD2CPQYdt1YDoUY/s320/7AF0DFC9-59D4-4955-B12A-DCFF164D757F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Matford.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spot the Little Grebe.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did [at last!]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Along Northbrook, a Kingfisher wasn't a yeartick, but was posing</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqPt_zWE506N8wPJFCCBT354pQUXB3mys6O5mF7oWlr5gZII7yNsJIqY_VIDKoeSHHtV59gZDcGVHjUNOmiV_x6i5hJgaDm9zRbxwXSLmvayNnZqeBPfUBoZMJNWTX3OqngFobq22FvQyZ4ASvQ3BXeQPkoWP6AsfZZg1Yg0GhXxm_v5WWUKRo_jxcRIW/s3712/4A8D62EA-3D74-403F-BD81-A294E0B5639A.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVqPt_zWE506N8wPJFCCBT354pQUXB3mys6O5mF7oWlr5gZII7yNsJIqY_VIDKoeSHHtV59gZDcGVHjUNOmiV_x6i5hJgaDm9zRbxwXSLmvayNnZqeBPfUBoZMJNWTX3OqngFobq22FvQyZ4ASvQ3BXeQPkoWP6AsfZZg1Yg0GhXxm_v5WWUKRo_jxcRIW/s320/4A8D62EA-3D74-403F-BD81-A294E0B5639A.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"You'd be amazed how many</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">hoorays walk right</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">past me every day without</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">a clue, you really would" </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No, mate, I wouldn't.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On the Exe herself, Goosander;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqravWMvHY2kf_30hYAB8qSswcGTaskBgKdicf4aT5M6N1GXmsOJszO6jKRSJ0dOwhJZpWNdz_j38T9q3qO6BfSF8uNLWDSOJT9lUuI6-meoC2D6mUKYA5vyQ_aL2EiPKvMnu-y5mtBcVhOab9o95viVQ8V7wSfUSwswIs5fhKdmwyzYBCLzIsP8DU9Rqp/s2761/426C04EA-BC4D-4CCC-BD17-292E88C0AB53_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2224" data-original-width="2761" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqravWMvHY2kf_30hYAB8qSswcGTaskBgKdicf4aT5M6N1GXmsOJszO6jKRSJ0dOwhJZpWNdz_j38T9q3qO6BfSF8uNLWDSOJT9lUuI6-meoC2D6mUKYA5vyQ_aL2EiPKvMnu-y5mtBcVhOab9o95viVQ8V7wSfUSwswIs5fhKdmwyzYBCLzIsP8DU9Rqp/s320/426C04EA-BC4D-4CCC-BD17-292E88C0AB53_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Four!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Time for a close-up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[Ok, a zoom-up...]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL8zu09XsfDsN1tgeLJvqnhyOkKTmGvb_p2SMlFchXrRoyNT4jKx5fZ0kotWRGVNWiyEzIqldJlYQuhvUE9xgeduhid4S-FZ2XjgD-uru5uwg4QyLbn0fBxsXmhw5G_W5ytfXR0iBH_d-4ZbCzxlbUZxjajszVq41WiAo9dL-sy6gFdzGzcjiuI3tt_ZK/s3327/45F174B2-9D3B-426A-88DA-DBBFB673A031_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2097" data-original-width="3327" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL8zu09XsfDsN1tgeLJvqnhyOkKTmGvb_p2SMlFchXrRoyNT4jKx5fZ0kotWRGVNWiyEzIqldJlYQuhvUE9xgeduhid4S-FZ2XjgD-uru5uwg4QyLbn0fBxsXmhw5G_W5ytfXR0iBH_d-4ZbCzxlbUZxjajszVq41WiAo9dL-sy6gFdzGzcjiuI3tt_ZK/s320/45F174B2-9D3B-426A-88DA-DBBFB673A031_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I like Goosander,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">even when they're</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">not feeling helpful </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyHDyChW-McIsZxfy3sN8AP3ms5pD645RV9ARuc5sWw0HSN6NShc7PemM8G_LUf6bNihyQB702hwRwyS7pMhRdzcHndR-XvKhOhdy2fl5_VedUdFwGjXRnLl_6CMCIZta9h3JAOxRIkKZGgxaw9bJgLipXBEuTDa8CZ8rOQBhGgz3TX2yDeXXMibhimIp/s2994/16F9BA31-B123-492E-B3EE-5AAF11F09AE9_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="2994" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPyHDyChW-McIsZxfy3sN8AP3ms5pD645RV9ARuc5sWw0HSN6NShc7PemM8G_LUf6bNihyQB702hwRwyS7pMhRdzcHndR-XvKhOhdy2fl5_VedUdFwGjXRnLl_6CMCIZta9h3JAOxRIkKZGgxaw9bJgLipXBEuTDa8CZ8rOQBhGgz3TX2yDeXXMibhimIp/s320/16F9BA31-B123-492E-B3EE-5AAF11F09AE9_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Do you mind, I'm trying</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">to preen, here" </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A shingle bank on the near side of a river far better than the far side of a lake when it comes to getting photos [funny, that].<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A very sneaky Dipper was less obliging, as was a nice [well, sort of] Grey Wagtail. A bit further downstream I got rather muddy trying to get a decent angle on what looked like a Green Sand, hunkered up by the waterside;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh404YABECYOaZamp2mYqRXHEg37wE-20J2LL3WoaevSpb2Gr9x9IkYJE31fXOpHgEGsJMdJ30oHHhp-MvF0NsFCo3v8_NAJNZpEIdrssALSmlP4Qpc1lK40Nltbjwh44Z1xfBO7RsaLBYRvQ9mHVn3Tk6HWqdsDm_rhqhVrwyjhUg8EeZa057Q5Rxr-FrH/s3411/8D25E220-F4F7-4176-BC89-8AE2F42F9547_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2492" data-original-width="3411" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh404YABECYOaZamp2mYqRXHEg37wE-20J2LL3WoaevSpb2Gr9x9IkYJE31fXOpHgEGsJMdJ30oHHhp-MvF0NsFCo3v8_NAJNZpEIdrssALSmlP4Qpc1lK40Nltbjwh44Z1xfBO7RsaLBYRvQ9mHVn3Tk6HWqdsDm_rhqhVrwyjhUg8EeZa057Q5Rxr-FrH/s320/8D25E220-F4F7-4176-BC89-8AE2F42F9547_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Redshank.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sat on a riverside lawn</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">at Countesswear..?!? </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Not quite where you'd expect one.</div><div style="text-align: left;">[And until I got opposite to it, those orange bits were hidden]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, I got there [in both senses] in the end.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What next? Hmm.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-56211665340631484922024-01-22T18:48:00.001+00:002024-01-22T18:48:46.701+00:00Tarting About The County<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you do, when combining birding with shameless yeartick hunting.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Many sites, many yearticks, here's a flavour thereof; <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplyHdSlm3Ry0prKUFkFqLueZinGsA5VHxW68ASa5__LPsVipK-AV1ewNBBVHvnAWEOW3KAzNKaLUmVy9cbS8J-Ssp6bCGq29kEMcOnAVY-OiGS8OkISeILRVIzvoh0M3iURT9YHdQecq-JtkTtxoasfat6Bk8UvtgBRZiQQSjKqz7ctiedmkc2a997Om-/s3244/466152DA-6F25-456C-BF38-E36AC7F07E60_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2357" data-original-width="3244" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplyHdSlm3Ry0prKUFkFqLueZinGsA5VHxW68ASa5__LPsVipK-AV1ewNBBVHvnAWEOW3KAzNKaLUmVy9cbS8J-Ssp6bCGq29kEMcOnAVY-OiGS8OkISeILRVIzvoh0M3iURT9YHdQecq-JtkTtxoasfat6Bk8UvtgBRZiQQSjKqz7ctiedmkc2a997Om-/s320/466152DA-6F25-456C-BF38-E36AC7F07E60_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Have you ever really</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">looked at a Dunlin? </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Didn't see that one coming, did you?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dunlin not a yeartick, but wandered up while I was trying and failing to see one. I was having lunch at the time, back to a rather frisky wind, but not so distracted to miss the chance of a half-decent picture.</div><div style="text-align: left;">[By my standards, at least]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Earlier...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TyfHbi-4LH4-j8Ll1s6JWG9YdLSj245vNqn55kdiVIRG9z_0Ef6hC348z326CId0JNkJdLihHuXK8z4Z5Je56vf9MrPqsjVgyrbI62rVSMQS9hYPbdFXYJMyxZXQgaPbUd-OxrF1ffcU2hVKw_7IJRimtSaLwC1IsoIi9gk45JjcjY48V9Pg_ehMnMl5/s3378/581DEBC7-9BF3-4FEF-9B0C-66CC7433E239_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3378" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TyfHbi-4LH4-j8Ll1s6JWG9YdLSj245vNqn55kdiVIRG9z_0Ef6hC348z326CId0JNkJdLihHuXK8z4Z5Je56vf9MrPqsjVgyrbI62rVSMQS9hYPbdFXYJMyxZXQgaPbUd-OxrF1ffcU2hVKw_7IJRimtSaLwC1IsoIi9gk45JjcjY48V9Pg_ehMnMl5/s320/581DEBC7-9BF3-4FEF-9B0C-66CC7433E239_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Spot the yeartick</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[easy version] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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it took a while!}] finch flocks of mostly Linnets, Chaffinches, and more Chaffinches respectively!</div><div style="text-align: left;">A few other species with them and another flyover Crossbill all added up to 9 finch species, which isn't bad [plus 2 buntings]</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Easier to photo in a tree was this</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdjcBBUuXe03hLNBL2xeX7L9P5njozD3RBq0JPxgS-NQ4xToA5fdpPKpDjse5Hz-pIOMh7FdwOSmuiPn8QR2g6SXRp5m8IT0stDR8XcI7kwy4FF1-FIQJvQEmHeKhAu759_XFfa5pw2oy4UhnlDw4AFvcYRJfmzC1fdWWo_wcezF_T446Z0DrJXxiQIX_/s3409/2116CA6D-414C-4BDF-9E41-AA6C3C89DA9B_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2565" data-original-width="3409" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdjcBBUuXe03hLNBL2xeX7L9P5njozD3RBq0JPxgS-NQ4xToA5fdpPKpDjse5Hz-pIOMh7FdwOSmuiPn8QR2g6SXRp5m8IT0stDR8XcI7kwy4FF1-FIQJvQEmHeKhAu759_XFfa5pw2oy4UhnlDw4AFvcYRJfmzC1fdWWo_wcezF_T446Z0DrJXxiQIX_/s320/2116CA6D-414C-4BDF-9E41-AA6C3C89DA9B_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nuthatch</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Getting back to the Exe</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVUetsqk59bbUR3vVz05RzFvNNxc-ppGQ8MbVMfxUehkIjkKu7N239MHs-I2ZM42LmGMaZito3_YjPmAHFTKy6_D3NmjMCaslbv9gTPXkoPuHPsWIGg851z3dEca2H8y9YJ1YxUy7aGsyJsB7RWmvx7klD1UMTrFhmnaZtLS2oWh8cPbt85YH-JBeQj4-9/s320/4ABC9469-75DB-4439-BB6D-60C6931FC2AB.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEye0OVP1K7QrR-ULyYN9c-xh-lUKwS4ofI9DRboOPtcvl8D8luoB94IR__95T3_6kDffITZNejIKqFIuhPSMgpPW1crXGc0fTrSwMU5wUrucaS8m2x_7wPUiMJ7dyIjLjvEkuXURPCT4c-wc_MKHK4M0Ll3eLXVVSo11ctj6tNUS9y2_yagEKTYj7LQtk/s3712/057ADC61-617C-464F-BA25-B95BCCC32E85.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEye0OVP1K7QrR-ULyYN9c-xh-lUKwS4ofI9DRboOPtcvl8D8luoB94IR__95T3_6kDffITZNejIKqFIuhPSMgpPW1crXGc0fTrSwMU5wUrucaS8m2x_7wPUiMJ7dyIjLjvEkuXURPCT4c-wc_MKHK4M0Ll3eLXVVSo11ctj6tNUS9y2_yagEKTYj7LQtk/s320/057ADC61-617C-464F-BA25-B95BCCC32E85.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A day of days, perhaps. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Ain't Devon Glorious?<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-30616777757579490812024-01-20T19:55:00.002+00:002024-01-20T19:55:39.417+00:00How Many Turnstone?!?<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Wandering down to the Real Living Coast in hope of Sandpipers Purple, I found 7. Which was good. I also found some Turnstone, roosting on the boulders. On quite a few boulders, as there were quite a few Turnstone. 'Quite a few'? Try 108, folks. That's a fair few for there [though you'll get that way on a good day on Preston Parade] Certainly far too many to get into photos, at least without risking disturbing them, which I was not going to do.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So here are a few glimpses,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpDDdW6hUgtMnuYKr2YtU2dqO5OtJixBatqBW6i0sb9PStTdo39ZmUfLWE8XJoMQK6OYefva2E77IAs7oDDL8rFIAIX3BE2D_unDKeh_aZHThNVCIx07f76efWDEYeB94jbWTRnowQ3uHTdSzYWXb_NFm0qjF22sMTWRIAv4AJN4A7q5medeWeCRCiZFV/s3712/B51DF864-AE34-46F5-978C-887B2B69D1F6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDpDDdW6hUgtMnuYKr2YtU2dqO5OtJixBatqBW6i0sb9PStTdo39ZmUfLWE8XJoMQK6OYefva2E77IAs7oDDL8rFIAIX3BE2D_unDKeh_aZHThNVCIx07f76efWDEYeB94jbWTRnowQ3uHTdSzYWXb_NFm0qjF22sMTWRIAv4AJN4A7q5medeWeCRCiZFV/s320/B51DF864-AE34-46F5-978C-887B2B69D1F6.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Turnstone, on the rocks</span><br /></div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbKCKLGJT-1Tq2yVhSvoYyE_qIQbYB8e-T3AFc_MNM_672_uLdHjmSKljUvaejqoR3F85dYVWlhSkGz20XmCKLUu36l1ZC0OeRWPwPD38p8hC_FMKxRyRpQkbudlygrxbaFdFQjgwXckyEcsSmE6HqQWZfnu-99pTaHxOmzjt9ZnXPbQRYV8g7bSHpaVz/s3013/80901CD5-D1E5-4FE9-A303-00D5A5591C1E_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2080" data-original-width="3013" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZbKCKLGJT-1Tq2yVhSvoYyE_qIQbYB8e-T3AFc_MNM_672_uLdHjmSKljUvaejqoR3F85dYVWlhSkGz20XmCKLUu36l1ZC0OeRWPwPD38p8hC_FMKxRyRpQkbudlygrxbaFdFQjgwXckyEcsSmE6HqQWZfnu-99pTaHxOmzjt9ZnXPbQRYV8g7bSHpaVz/s320/80901CD5-D1E5-4FE9-A303-00D5A5591C1E_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Sea a bit frisky</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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BUGGER.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Slightly more helpful; spot the grebe,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZmf7TYZVgcfn9h7Mg7hWtIeh8g4vGyeAl8yGjrt8YAWueeZF2IJUmYSa4va8B5Y3cJ-mAPn5gVdos_XGKmK9gNjj8jQckrvL8-d5_2Onq2gj6cpsmQebeIPxyK31xvtiRPrnpe_VbGb00mm7Bq9N3q0K4JDcEyH3jVW4-As7iFR9z48fR9lqqw5Y32lj/s3712/C65E4813-1ABB-48B9-BB75-A610277B8793.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZmf7TYZVgcfn9h7Mg7hWtIeh8g4vGyeAl8yGjrt8YAWueeZF2IJUmYSa4va8B5Y3cJ-mAPn5gVdos_XGKmK9gNjj8jQckrvL8-d5_2Onq2gj6cpsmQebeIPxyK31xvtiRPrnpe_VbGb00mm7Bq9N3q0K4JDcEyH3jVW4-As7iFR9z48fR9lqqw5Y32lj/s320/C65E4813-1ABB-48B9-BB75-A610277B8793.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Ok, not that hard</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Elsewhere and closer to,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCRVjfozUI8feYgq1FxuZ1tSCZXuf2GEwKhrT-jlstbDCDT3eXame179Yer_QawnW-1nVVinage8g5m1Q1OHb_hh5iQbGbNNyujOvbFhiWMt7xZMB0C-jwKGY4cftZ4sZYxrgzwKMu7Fjhezh9cV5I1XiCwr1YjdSWNNnWRDs_MLwgEQcRovpF6NBu7mw/s2411/68A8F673-19E6-42A9-9108-C8ACF68B26F4_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2213" data-original-width="2411" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixCRVjfozUI8feYgq1FxuZ1tSCZXuf2GEwKhrT-jlstbDCDT3eXame179Yer_QawnW-1nVVinage8g5m1Q1OHb_hh5iQbGbNNyujOvbFhiWMt7xZMB0C-jwKGY4cftZ4sZYxrgzwKMu7Fjhezh9cV5I1XiCwr1YjdSWNNnWRDs_MLwgEQcRovpF6NBu7mw/s320/68A8F673-19E6-42A9-9108-C8ACF68B26F4_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Blooming Alexander.!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcl_4Jar19lycVyq7cc9t9a4eKoHpGFhcTTZ3w4Mblr7uVChIPixFo_4gfAUged4d8-fWSwPAkE_ayt0gjZjA57b5hO9OCKZipQFr4u26heocPzIUMqTj0BktW71kGzoIUZQN9WsXVbVD-ToPdfO1M89xuDBfVmwcI7XKjjDHlHvhQoiysdqfuV88ChWan/s2700/A815BD83-C4D9-4F8B-8EF7-FE1DAE2592AD_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2695" data-original-width="2700" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcl_4Jar19lycVyq7cc9t9a4eKoHpGFhcTTZ3w4Mblr7uVChIPixFo_4gfAUged4d8-fWSwPAkE_ayt0gjZjA57b5hO9OCKZipQFr4u26heocPzIUMqTj0BktW71kGzoIUZQN9WsXVbVD-ToPdfO1M89xuDBfVmwcI7XKjjDHlHvhQoiysdqfuV88ChWan/s320/A815BD83-C4D9-4F8B-8EF7-FE1DAE2592AD_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Three-cornered Garlic</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV-StlEM4Tek_F_AAUsrUB3zieBdMLg5Q8W1azcMkjbGbwYfq6EyuC0NgyGk5LJz3hqaxkArmgDSLyaLH7LYJqjXt_L_h_sEGuOLXbjKLiEbifYAxSGgSEkZjjIEOdv8HVoeArWO74wLlewih71i93LXee2dhmGJpO9IHt10IM82LYCusXyveyMD5f3Bc/s2760/1C310C92-A04E-4180-9247-FFA555DBB211_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2760" data-original-width="2550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpV-StlEM4Tek_F_AAUsrUB3zieBdMLg5Q8W1azcMkjbGbwYfq6EyuC0NgyGk5LJz3hqaxkArmgDSLyaLH7LYJqjXt_L_h_sEGuOLXbjKLiEbifYAxSGgSEkZjjIEOdv8HVoeArWO74wLlewih71i93LXee2dhmGJpO9IHt10IM82LYCusXyveyMD5f3Bc/s320/1C310C92-A04E-4180-9247-FFA555DBB211_1_201_a.jpeg" width="296" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Summer Snowflake</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[yes, in January. Welcome to Devon] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfD6ZCTm_tgJN_LnqK3bC4SnWQH6xR2RtCQHdKh18TqGa-DKLk9zlfffMAgvr2q9mEuQztVjYXpNru5gyQupLJQnI8X5T-SkSo3UzR9ymm1uisXJJNi9URGqQsx5VX4csV1f6s3Qo_DL2V-QHnZKK4GzeVaXEmO5J8QyGvbAS1dPfm5DdUaZ4rMZQoKmX/s2834/8BFB943F-16C5-4B39-90E1-193E8F32729F_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="2834" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxfD6ZCTm_tgJN_LnqK3bC4SnWQH6xR2RtCQHdKh18TqGa-DKLk9zlfffMAgvr2q9mEuQztVjYXpNru5gyQupLJQnI8X5T-SkSo3UzR9ymm1uisXJJNi9URGqQsx5VX4csV1f6s3Qo_DL2V-QHnZKK4GzeVaXEmO5J8QyGvbAS1dPfm5DdUaZ4rMZQoKmX/s320/8BFB943F-16C5-4B39-90E1-193E8F32729F_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Lesser Periwinkle</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I'd lugged the Big Scope up and had a good look around, though I only got onto scenery with it. [Hey, worth a try, and bonus points for bemusing passing mundanes ;) ]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was on one of my favourite bits of t'Moor, enjoying the view and seeing what flew by [not a whole lot, but you puts the hours in]. There was Christmas Cake and it was Good.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2Ht2Kh7D6MDbtMLFa_r8Wr1lc1p-FCcjAsiTMMv6jX5uYMCxjPM0YSHjHFQjBUlQ_buESXPpzamdp0op1HQC7KCGRtmcFNQI70LB-uD9b0AlEqTfObXbapx8-JyZWGOUyCyA9ezK6OVce93W67T4PfWZkpiHEzfOwDgo5xgqkFs_hmqI9LH_nmFB5OUK/s3712/D2581BA4-CC5F-4F26-A6E3-914E4DC78767.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM2Ht2Kh7D6MDbtMLFa_r8Wr1lc1p-FCcjAsiTMMv6jX5uYMCxjPM0YSHjHFQjBUlQ_buESXPpzamdp0op1HQC7KCGRtmcFNQI70LB-uD9b0AlEqTfObXbapx8-JyZWGOUyCyA9ezK6OVce93W67T4PfWZkpiHEzfOwDgo5xgqkFs_hmqI9LH_nmFB5OUK/s320/D2581BA4-CC5F-4F26-A6E3-914E4DC78767.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Actual Sun shining..!!</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumrkv3SNssfjJ2hFHjap__eVn97EYqg3-71y4BJwSb5FmueIq3pgDw1sry0_EqlvPPqpXUUdxuLUhj2ti0IJcZCmiY9k9PcnPUDfd1Z0r6xxdP2H1yAQHF0o9KS6vjPkhVVSfSh7L6t9bfrDmv1ESKYAnn1DP-iZenAsSk481XvnW7fSbdtkbMq-vpFQG/s3712/C8B95378-4CA9-484F-AE16-768280D55CCD.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhumrkv3SNssfjJ2hFHjap__eVn97EYqg3-71y4BJwSb5FmueIq3pgDw1sry0_EqlvPPqpXUUdxuLUhj2ti0IJcZCmiY9k9PcnPUDfd1Z0r6xxdP2H1yAQHF0o9KS6vjPkhVVSfSh7L6t9bfrDmv1ESKYAnn1DP-iZenAsSk481XvnW7fSbdtkbMq-vpFQG/s320/C8B95378-4CA9-484F-AE16-768280D55CCD.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Finishing my loop, it didn't</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-tjEo6FkM_B9A29U1mTNhTFmDqvFpa120fB2-ZkE9zDTABSbrp67enudRcREoHDOFvB1cpLryhqvoGH_N3zj9grPYABVk3WQf98UIeW6Ib_6sVepmxwLABo97sugYefQR9L-wKkndhuNrKvIUoBlhzo-R472lI4Ncp8A-PAzNbFCVBYHnv1KU8vz_LHR/s3712/E61E3DB1-1349-4C9E-8E43-8A5223652C76.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9-tjEo6FkM_B9A29U1mTNhTFmDqvFpa120fB2-ZkE9zDTABSbrp67enudRcREoHDOFvB1cpLryhqvoGH_N3zj9grPYABVk3WQf98UIeW6Ib_6sVepmxwLABo97sugYefQR9L-wKkndhuNrKvIUoBlhzo-R472lI4Ncp8A-PAzNbFCVBYHnv1KU8vz_LHR/s320/E61E3DB1-1349-4C9E-8E43-8A5223652C76.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[Note seriously sheep-proofed wall!]</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a grassy sheltered area, a quite ridiculous 135+ Fieldfare and 4+ Redwing were hopping about the Gorse,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2AXeS523xHBteU7oToGEy1DIlDglk2pff2uEvQe8oiQpr3gVBztZFjlDojBb1umD63Ja6xvefzoL4C0hP9MZMVkkdNlKrNubfunuMkU2XUqn3tiKNPxGnvD_jBuE380N-Kt1LlYtjsE3zQz10UPiWAP-WhQ1Dh9CSEHzoHKbXKuQz36fAVDpHXzGZhyd/s3518/5B1E9967-2EB5-4961-90C6-B4CFD48FEA13_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2180" data-original-width="3518" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD2AXeS523xHBteU7oToGEy1DIlDglk2pff2uEvQe8oiQpr3gVBztZFjlDojBb1umD63Ja6xvefzoL4C0hP9MZMVkkdNlKrNubfunuMkU2XUqn3tiKNPxGnvD_jBuE380N-Kt1LlYtjsE3zQz10UPiWAP-WhQ1Dh9CSEHzoHKbXKuQz36fAVDpHXzGZhyd/s320/5B1E9967-2EB5-4961-90C6-B4CFD48FEA13_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">A small section</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I even got the odd yeartick [thank you flyover Crossbills!]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">One could argue that days off should be employed in maximum yeartick hunting, but there are other Rules, and time off without a Tor is no time off at all.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">It was truly wonderful up there.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-8712495037583154992024-01-17T18:24:00.003+00:002024-01-17T18:43:25.645+00:00More Ketchup. Pt.1, Yes, That Seawatching Post<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What do you mean 'what seawatching post??'....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I said I'd do it, and while there may have been technical issues and a certain amount of temporal squeeze, it's here, isn't it?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ahem.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, a burst of seawatching from the Nose back in December [last month, you know? Just. Ok, yes 'last year' is also techncially correct but that's neither here nor there] and I suffered an attack of comparisons.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Thus this nonsense.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also some of my usual [ie. awful] pics.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh dear.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GTgAaz0JYtvgUvdsS4DvucvArelwhdWDX2X_qPmGFddmP6QDZegNWmmGnovMqGVyftEzDgIcK7SEkQMQKiBxT85Vbi8DJ5AVl6ECwFUSzDH7rZq556kph4ey2w8GQp5IFCyfK5QDIIxMxJ3zX4y9ERlyiUAT13KXgNWrFeJCeUwSl1E-tx5V0NaTkfSE/s3576/83506A37-FBFC-49F5-B662-BC8D4273D769_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2359" data-original-width="3576" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8GTgAaz0JYtvgUvdsS4DvucvArelwhdWDX2X_qPmGFddmP6QDZegNWmmGnovMqGVyftEzDgIcK7SEkQMQKiBxT85Vbi8DJ5AVl6ECwFUSzDH7rZq556kph4ey2w8GQp5IFCyfK5QDIIxMxJ3zX4y9ERlyiUAT13KXgNWrFeJCeUwSl1E-tx5V0NaTkfSE/s320/83506A37-FBFC-49F5-B662-BC8D4273D769_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Great Northerns</span><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Ok, so that one's not so awful, but don't worry, worse to come.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But first, as <strike>threatened</strike>, promised, some numbers and such, as to passing birds.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Four watches over a week total time, of different lengths, equalised into hourly rates;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gannet 40 62 105 45<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Kittiwake 190 72 15 15<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Auks 500 685 93 70<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fulmar 16 5 23 9</div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Gull 24 2 2 5<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All southerly passage only.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Total numbers of selected species, again all passing South only;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">GND 1 0 9 9<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">RTD 4 1 0 1<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Manx Shearwater 0 0 1 0<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Common Scoter 0 0 3 4<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Curlew 0 0 7 0<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Redpoll 7 0 0 0<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Also of interest,<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">GNDs on the sea 3 2 8 15<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[All in addition to</div><div style="text-align: left;">passage birds]<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDDTXTChgp49mJRu-NVhXw84pB4nAtpS61DbV7UqmC5ehZfubuq3-o3GrKcRYqYZQFspo0j0NcYQTQfmOX668k0uBYD55ReewBKTY3X3Sw09_NAMwsmWNxMo-ZOe2H3-ho4B5PxO7e9lk2RrWisK6v0t2xZ9WLoZiKhqo3qfnRzbkc5VGEOCySJyqFU2i/s3080/43EDC834-9B8E-4D2F-9D15-AC9C83C61AF0_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1968" data-original-width="3080" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJDDTXTChgp49mJRu-NVhXw84pB4nAtpS61DbV7UqmC5ehZfubuq3-o3GrKcRYqYZQFspo0j0NcYQTQfmOX668k0uBYD55ReewBKTY3X3Sw09_NAMwsmWNxMo-ZOe2H3-ho4B5PxO7e9lk2RrWisK6v0t2xZ9WLoZiKhqo3qfnRzbkc5VGEOCySJyqFU2i/s320/43EDC834-9B8E-4D2F-9D15-AC9C83C61AF0_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">An interesting gull assortment</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcoyq_Yz4TlsXYkNdm-U69gwpp7qPDL0-qi57x6waB5JgGZndsBjpEjDXAuu0RGsVfYOdBucqlit-W5HVNbeBkO4r58VgYkzEt3HtievqCEgUte4L_Cv6LGFkgVbxQJswC0Bcsc29bMq4f8httTH7RYZeUx69D_AvSl1F5r7LHVcW7VGrGu9-9TlxLzL1/s2092/A50229F6-D7E1-414C-BB3E-7D9428E1B574_1_201_a.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2092" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxcoyq_Yz4TlsXYkNdm-U69gwpp7qPDL0-qi57x6waB5JgGZndsBjpEjDXAuu0RGsVfYOdBucqlit-W5HVNbeBkO4r58VgYkzEt3HtievqCEgUte4L_Cv6LGFkgVbxQJswC0Bcsc29bMq4f8httTH7RYZeUx69D_AvSl1F5r7LHVcW7VGrGu9-9TlxLzL1/s320/A50229F6-D7E1-414C-BB3E-7D9428E1B574_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">BOGOF on Meds</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have more, but we'll leave it there, I think.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435811733927782375.post-24049372958551533862024-01-13T19:15:00.002+00:002024-01-13T19:17:45.225+00:00No County For Old Birders. Pt.2, Cold, Wet, Not Miserable b) Defying The Rain<div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Having the first week of the year off work gave me the chance to hit a few sites sharpish. This I attempted, where possible.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Having the forecast for said week being RAIN! with a side order of RAAAAIIIIIN!!!! was proving less helpful, but like the title says..</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The day after Slapton - following some hurried boot-drying, I can tell you - I headed North. An itinery with only one likely-to-be-vexed-by-rain species helped my hopes, but it wasn't going to be easy.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Especially starting off by being done over by my <span style="background-color: black;">[BLEEP]</span>ing satnav again into heading over what were basically linear pothole collections with a few patches of tarmac set on them....<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But my li'l car survived and I got to Tamar Lake, where these 5 were, of course, riiiight over the far side.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv76hTwfxqg3-U_Uq2w4XbMrcT_u2dwizrJGBMW3X9-cavfwG_nEVchNEj-Qy_TP-kp2VnE_LCRi4GUSe3ZopDMbsYO5Tiha8w3t-l8373UUBUV6JylN-jLSJdrJZjWQbvNr9MsmxmXpZ5lMDlwDWmwqVR3GJbWywQxqIJvxXoK90ivKe6D2Pysj5-7p-/s3502/75CA18D1-6039-46F2-9CC2-A7F67C675A06_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2361" data-original-width="3502" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuv76hTwfxqg3-U_Uq2w4XbMrcT_u2dwizrJGBMW3X9-cavfwG_nEVchNEj-Qy_TP-kp2VnE_LCRi4GUSe3ZopDMbsYO5Tiha8w3t-l8373UUBUV6JylN-jLSJdrJZjWQbvNr9MsmxmXpZ5lMDlwDWmwqVR3GJbWywQxqIJvxXoK90ivKe6D2Pysj5-7p-/s320/75CA18D1-6039-46F2-9CC2-A7F67C675A06_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Five little ducks,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">all Lesser Scaup </span><br /></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">A few other yearticks presented themselves, [told you I wasn't worried about Goosander. There were 13!] and after only a brief stop for a cuppa, I fled ahead of the rain...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob6Fiq2iZIBJhn0PFP0F4j5WfSxtulUM36CUYDe4HE1mxiDVcVJHvnx2VcvD1GU0XCpe4AavK13sJPN74StlzBAkHOnwz4YALnW0i9bj9bqQMhleeJGM27anaDQenDo8iViVGbMZxAXiSAeGynZkIajUutGJ7bY2hOND3aDJo3T6r9Xom91rcr7NOUqqQ/s3712/A03C21AC-AEAA-43D9-A4B4-B671297580DA.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgob6Fiq2iZIBJhn0PFP0F4j5WfSxtulUM36CUYDe4HE1mxiDVcVJHvnx2VcvD1GU0XCpe4AavK13sJPN74StlzBAkHOnwz4YALnW0i9bj9bqQMhleeJGM27anaDQenDo8iViVGbMZxAXiSAeGynZkIajUutGJ7bY2hOND3aDJo3T6r9Xom91rcr7NOUqqQ/s320/A03C21AC-AEAA-43D9-A4B4-B671297580DA.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Have a nice Marsh Tit, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">having a nice sunflower seed,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">while I had a nice cuppa.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fremington Quay seemed nice and dry, but no sooner had I thought 'Hey, no rain', than.. Yeah, you guessed it.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The rain had caught up and stayed with me - a constant, faithful companion - for the rest of the day. Never as hard as that which afflicted the southern part of the county, but nicely persistent and good and cold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anyways, back to the mission and all that;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FoN0RIQD1H7fseIXA2_DkzoGzJ0C2SfH8s_axRVmxR9HcuFkHhZHQn1Z0GZcsqv47Z3pAgGHmtFiotySepphWgp6y7hH35eLYjL9vN4MXixPMgHBGTmnx0fjlFrF1KV5iOF7SmSjU-5eUgkwS7RFCIOgjbROVQDCgPU6xi92kVGZajO0EqlRCYLWTUv2/s3712/CDAC6959-74E5-49D2-87A8-32CEAF4BD447.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5FoN0RIQD1H7fseIXA2_DkzoGzJ0C2SfH8s_axRVmxR9HcuFkHhZHQn1Z0GZcsqv47Z3pAgGHmtFiotySepphWgp6y7hH35eLYjL9vN4MXixPMgHBGTmnx0fjlFrF1KV5iOF7SmSjU-5eUgkwS7RFCIOgjbROVQDCgPU6xi92kVGZajO0EqlRCYLWTUv2/s320/CDAC6959-74E5-49D2-87A8-32CEAF4BD447.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Fremington Pill</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spot the Isbis*.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Any of them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">No, wait, you can't.....<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Right. Longshanks, git yer pony.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Down the far end of said Pill;<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWhv8iFLTNlLaWADlXI3NpOSZKyB0kzw88CKxNfZJEaU7-bMhb-p2-eV2DxEpbojc0ESTWQ0NkSoibCbSPOUqsB_2JUedXTRcWEJwA_7uA7VJGbYqTOXSkBKfFSmocFC1kXrxWPMBxnFbOZK0Ff_LpDoVUfLiUj6VpoA68_lVCLOXdCnTHGSg_aPNnwbW/s2005/914F21A9-ADAD-4312-8ED2-CA54C1BD1730_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="2005" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwWhv8iFLTNlLaWADlXI3NpOSZKyB0kzw88CKxNfZJEaU7-bMhb-p2-eV2DxEpbojc0ESTWQ0NkSoibCbSPOUqsB_2JUedXTRcWEJwA_7uA7VJGbYqTOXSkBKfFSmocFC1kXrxWPMBxnFbOZK0Ff_LpDoVUfLiUj6VpoA68_lVCLOXdCnTHGSg_aPNnwbW/s320/914F21A9-ADAD-4312-8ED2-CA54C1BD1730_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Count the Cattle Egrets</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Isbis? Nobis.*<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Time for a workout.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yelland isn't <i>that</i> far from Fremington Quay. In the rain. Via a small and not-that-sea-of-muddy-really look at the Saltpill Pond.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Always keep your eyes open, folks. Those boring wet fields may have <i>anything</i> in them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Like this;</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2UFKVck_qtZOC5XwePcmAoBs-r_mWLjk__RQ5QrSjiBOK7DVEhIrx4V2UJNDFoe8gB7VAT6842H4zwpcen4PPgF6EOrx9f-JdmKN-aaVNP-N7QD_GTIhVcBW8WaluYvG9-h7Vbyl8jAgJqh58i2c_zn7vxhpmn4AzY0KO0yZxUKDXXUqJpx-bY7kgthH/s3342/A6ACA2C6-353C-4D96-AA85-637CD1B0431A_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2438" data-original-width="3342" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr2UFKVck_qtZOC5XwePcmAoBs-r_mWLjk__RQ5QrSjiBOK7DVEhIrx4V2UJNDFoe8gB7VAT6842H4zwpcen4PPgF6EOrx9f-JdmKN-aaVNP-N7QD_GTIhVcBW8WaluYvG9-h7Vbyl8jAgJqh58i2c_zn7vxhpmn4AzY0KO0yZxUKDXXUqJpx-bY7kgthH/s320/A6ACA2C6-353C-4D96-AA85-637CD1B0431A_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I got the Isbis*,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">but I hadn't got the Spoonbill [yet]</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That changed, too.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Let's cut a long, wet walk out for you.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQCLnQ1yyzP_JXRnGQnq5Hovj1GEqk-aOeNtLbfh4LYp29wG_q_FJnf4eZD-AwxeA0Qw74u5yOAxP9iyjOmOxn2rSPRf1JuMigXYbdxL8i9bCT7QU2SdFS3IWbjzNKlNgZg9C-MZI8zWGRmVCeDuiVIAPrEmCt264Z7on9Bni1OvYChoSUgzGf07lIVdq/s3712/EBD361D5-0BEF-467D-B010-CA1369E62DCC.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuQCLnQ1yyzP_JXRnGQnq5Hovj1GEqk-aOeNtLbfh4LYp29wG_q_FJnf4eZD-AwxeA0Qw74u5yOAxP9iyjOmOxn2rSPRf1JuMigXYbdxL8i9bCT7QU2SdFS3IWbjzNKlNgZg9C-MZI8zWGRmVCeDuiVIAPrEmCt264Z7on9Bni1OvYChoSUgzGf07lIVdq/s320/EBD361D5-0BEF-467D-B010-CA1369E62DCC.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Yelland Pond</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[well, half of it] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spot the Green-winged Teal.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oh.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">River?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrbI6SXkKPzXyuNbu4f0h0VmTDwFMaMddCVrsBcftP0XpQH5c0u_w1cMorLtNyEuSOIkZw7CQG4TF55tLiDUQTMEHP3l8b9NAptWTnsyYs-CtpwosBwPOtGjWq93wMD5lFidsSfHIkwkjUHsVCnnV8X2PWYOm08wK9EgRUIsZTwxKHmGdoQyLJkazXlIb/s320/9E192C2C-1F94-4A6D-8F91-043967286D49.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Grey Plover</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">grey mud</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">grey rain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[ok, maybe not that] </span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Teal?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOf6ZdJ7ub-eB4ZkmCt_MXMY_38240cdBQIyfDBDfxemljpylb5gGaMbbg7Ll0LG8mTaRorqUN3Up4qA_i1WiBm1cKxKSmPcSgIacYWg8Jg7qDKAEtAE41hZFimJkbj6DRbeQa9M9uP2cu6SK5TDAHFF_7IEmTrrWbefe60lwQuNlWJXohP-gdc1vNljC/s3712/747396C7-9091-4ABF-B53A-97193BD42A54.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGOf6ZdJ7ub-eB4ZkmCt_MXMY_38240cdBQIyfDBDfxemljpylb5gGaMbbg7Ll0LG8mTaRorqUN3Up4qA_i1WiBm1cKxKSmPcSgIacYWg8Jg7qDKAEtAE41hZFimJkbj6DRbeQa9M9uP2cu6SK5TDAHFF_7IEmTrrWbefe60lwQuNlWJXohP-gdc1vNljC/s320/747396C7-9091-4ABF-B53A-97193BD42A54.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Er... Nope.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll cut a lot more work out, shall I? The tide went out a way. Then a way more.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I did not give up. I may have muttered a few choice phrases, but I did not give up. <br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsI6whp86jsn4Mt1baBSLfREIvIiTEsn6ALSMGp2IZmgqaOoG46T-fqFJODcrB_qgks54PkAKPL6nWw7XOoty5lganMFUiU4TAqqrpH403kwe0wcWZ3E5lwKEArAwUI1TAhER6I_86NUDcJ5eGdOfERVuuUgCEBaZzzQljOM4mSOj4L2QAOL7OmbZacZQ/s3184/18FC9B76-06C4-46AF-9A05-2850A06CE511_1_201_a.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2324" data-original-width="3184" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcsI6whp86jsn4Mt1baBSLfREIvIiTEsn6ALSMGp2IZmgqaOoG46T-fqFJODcrB_qgks54PkAKPL6nWw7XOoty5lganMFUiU4TAqqrpH403kwe0wcWZ3E5lwKEArAwUI1TAhER6I_86NUDcJ5eGdOfERVuuUgCEBaZzzQljOM4mSOj4L2QAOL7OmbZacZQ/s320/18FC9B76-06C4-46AF-9A05-2850A06CE511_1_201_a.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Oh, look.</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Green-winged Teal.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">On my way back, many Linnet and a couple of Cetti's. The former more visible than the latter [though if my camera had behaved...] </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwp5-sKio2IZKNcDuKzFW96FLrgUQ9IGcAQfG2o_D86H6w8j8HSd2N5y646-m7sfQ-JjjPunD6QNx3yyO7sEUiZJ3DmapXw8hlYYMtYapMawZRrqf-B7-TdC-mLHMYJdWi_uc-dLPIbCoGAFxNAhWjgQaypzIurAk3n-cVq7xcRBVgmnYvbnMtmWZ9tF_/s3712/6F1D9F76-7F74-43CF-993C-6E2EB83C7F2B.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2784" data-original-width="3712" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicwp5-sKio2IZKNcDuKzFW96FLrgUQ9IGcAQfG2o_D86H6w8j8HSd2N5y646-m7sfQ-JjjPunD6QNx3yyO7sEUiZJ3DmapXw8hlYYMtYapMawZRrqf-B7-TdC-mLHMYJdWi_uc-dLPIbCoGAFxNAhWjgQaypzIurAk3n-cVq7xcRBVgmnYvbnMtmWZ9tF_/s320/6F1D9F76-7F74-43CF-993C-6E2EB83C7F2B.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nothing with them, though...</span><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I got cold, wet, and rather footsore, but in no way miserable.</div><div style="text-align: left;">:D</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Be Seeing You...<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">[[* Yes, yes it's <b>Glossy Ibis</b>, blah blah blah....]]<br /></div></div>Backward Birderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08996369087088089439noreply@blogger.com0