Look What The Wind Blew In

St Mary's at 11:15 hrs, North Bay chokka with Ringed Plover, Knot, Lapwing, Sanderling, the odd Curlew, a few Rock Pipits, one or two Oystercatcher and one Barwit.  Bloody freezin', winds from the north.

When do White Wagtails arrive?  I am positive there was one in the first car park at St Mary's, along with a Pied Wagtail.  Thoughts?

I was stealthily (for a man with an ailment) trying to get near when a taxi pulled in and the birds pulled out!

14:15 hrs, three Waxwings at Wideopen, in the apple tree (still with red apples on it), Stalks Road, south side, 100 yards east of the A1 bridge.

If you see me walking down the street, and I start to cry, each time we meet.......

.....it's because before last weekend's stonkin' session (oooo-errrr, Mrs Gimlet!) I went A over T on black ice (just like the 'Where there's blame, there's a claim' woman on the wet office foyer floor) and appear to have fractured a rib!  Coughs and sneezes might spread diseases, but right now they also feckin' hurt!  And for the next five weeks will continue to do!!

Early Riser

Up at 7 am and out with the pup at 7:20 hrs today for trot (for 'trot' read squelch/wade/trudge) from home to WHBP and back.  Pleasant but quiet, with less that 20 species noted.  Immature Mute Swan, two Herring Gulls and a few dozen Teal on the water, the ducks taking to the air as two Common Buzzards flew through.  One settled in a nearby-ish tree along with a brown raptor the same size as the Crows that mobbed it.  Too far to see clearly with the bins and through the tree's twigs and branches, I would guess a female Sparrowhawk.  They are the highlights, next stop St Mary's later this morning.  Au revoir!