High and Dry

Superb weather here at the moment. Slightly overdue!!!

Trying to make the most of it, we went for a walk North along the cliff this morning from the runnel. The fishermen had cut steps down to the beach but it was still pretty slippy, so we passed. Bud flushed a couple of Skylarks (P.74, H39) and 6 Reed Buntings (H.40) for the year list...

...followed shortly afterwards by my first Village Cormorant (P.75, H.41) of the year. On the return leg I noticed some interesting "lumps" in the plough, a quick scan revealed 9 Golden Plovers (P.76, H.43) having a nap...

Understated and under-rated

I went down to Welwick for the last hour to enjoy the sunset and see if the SEO's were still around. Nothing for 30 minutes, then a single bird flew west...

I then noticed a distant wader that looked "different". It was. A bonus Greenshank (P.77) and a site first...

A "proper" if distant pic of the local star from yesterday...