Patch mega!

Ooooooof!

Image courtesy of Old Spoons, natch

Seawatching Therapy

Last year I spent a total of 30 minutes sea watching and enjoyed it so much thought I'd try it again.  With a brisk north-westerly I was hopeful for a couple large shears or may be a Fea's or two … but alas not.  However, I did break my record from last year and must have spent nearly a whole 40 minutes sitting there watching waves.  Very relaxing it was to, but not really all that productive.  Did bag a couple of full fat patch ticks though in the form Manxie and red-throated diver!... but then, this is a new (ish) patch and I just don't look at the sea much.

The easterlies earlier were disappointing with a scattering of migrants the best of which being a reed warbler (no paddyfields, wrynecks, icky's, shrikes to be seen).  But there's time and I'm off to the patch just now so hopeful for an update shortly.

87 species
69.05%

Happy days

News from Nobby, er I mean Royzah

For it is he, that tap-dancing fool!

Best fill ya in on what happened at Donmouth during the last spell of easterlies, before the next spell of easterlies kicks off!

Basically, the Boy Roy (for it was he) tap-danced his way throughout his sorry patch gleaning 2 (count 'em) wrynecks, 2 pied flys, 3 crossbills, redstart, garden warbler, and 12 (feck's sake, count 'em again!) whinchats! He then added some waders for good measure, notably  ruff, gimpshank, and whimbrel.

He had a barred warbler too, but luckily that was miles off patch - just as well.

Tune in next year I mean week to find out the latest scores on the Donmouth doors...

Oooh Migrants II

Wait 'til Reg posts…

then you'll know what migrants are…


well done to the Reg who spent 45 minutes trying to get a glimpse of a bird just because it went 'tac'.!

Oooh Migrants

Been good lately. Couple of Pied Flies, heaps of Spotties. Redstarts galore, friendly Tree Pipits. Just reached the ton, aka 90.09% Any suggestion of taking performance limiting drugs in order to reset my average is strenuously denied

Migrants at last

It's been quite a productive fall, although more productive for others than me by the sounds of things. Yesterday: redstart, garden warbler (in my garden - well it would be wouldn't it, except it was a garden tick) and greenshank. Today: pied flycatcher, snipe and grey partridge (I know, they're resident, but it was new for the year all the same).

lameness

The sea continues to be very quiet, apart from 1 fea's on saturday am and two yesterday (I missed all of 'em!) However today I weighed in with 5 (count 'em) arctic terns so it wasn't all bad, as that means I leapfrog Cap'n Haddock in the scores on doors. Shame there's so few big shears tho, seawatching is crap without them!