It rained. It rained all day! A light SW wind.
Just my stuff so far in a vain attempt to avoid the rain (Malcolm)
Half Moon Bay 12:55 - 10 minutes after high water (miraculously the rain had eased briefly)
This is the corner nearest to the cafe. Today's tide at 8.8m was the first tide to reach the stranded wrack here for 10 days. 10 hot days. The incoming tide forces the Kelp Fly maggots to try and move further up the weed pile. Providing easy pickings for the resident House Sparrows and Rock Pipit.
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| The only waders on the heliport wall were Oystercatchers |
Saltmarsh to Red Nab proved unproductive and it was raining again!
Meadow Pipit 1 on the saltmarsh
Rock Pipit 1 on Red Nab
Little Egret 2 on Red Nab
The only other birds seen were a handful of Lesser Black-backed gulls on Red Nab
On the way back through the Nature park the rain had eased slightly and many of the resident birds took advantage to sing to reaffirm their territories
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
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| Greenfinch |
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| A wet Dunnock |
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| A wetter wabbit! |
Middleton Nature Reserve main pond (as viewed from my car)
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| There was no sign of the adult female Mute Swan. This immature, presumably a female was trying to court the male's favour |
There are at least three broods of Mallard chicks in various stages of growth
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| This young Mallard chick was sheltering as best it could. |
The rain eased slightly and a Mallard mother brought her quite large chicks to forage around the feeding area.
Swift 1
House Martin 4
Swallow 2
A couple of dragonflies were seen over the water at distance, probably Black-Tailed Skimmers
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