The cool west wind continues. Overcast all day, but the rain held off till evening.
Middleton Nature Reserve (Janet)
Very little going on, so just a few shots of the birds taking advantage of the feeders at the main pond.
Coal Tit |
Blue Tit |
Robin |
South wall (Malcolm)
Just a walk along the sea wall on the ebbing tide in the afternoon
Curlew 3 on Red Nab
Peregrine Falcon 1 hanging on the wind again.
Peregrine Falcon |
This Rock pipit was above the harbour wall near the lighthouse with a bill full of small grubs.
They won't go down to the nest when they think they are being watched. So I walked towards the waterfall, pretending not to watch. Eventually when I was 50m away it flew down, I then pointed my camera at the hole and filmed it flying back up.This still from the following short clip shows where to watch. You can just see the tail of the Pipit in this shot as it feeds the young |
This Herring Gull is eating a mussel that it has just broken, meanwhile a young rabbit munches the grass.
He wouldn't risk harming himself by flying into you, but it's not called "bombarding" for nothing. They only have one thing to bomb you with, and fortunately he was out of "ammunition". Still, best to wear a hat! This is a compilation of a few sorties.