62 species seen.
I can't believe I agreed to getting up early on another foul wet and windy day, but I did it and enjoyed every minute. It was quite calm at 7am as we left the house and dry too!
We arrived at Black Hole Marsh and spent a couple of hours racking up a good list of species, nothing special but great views of Common Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper, many Curlew, Teal and Wigeon.
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| A bright bird photographed in very bad light |
At Seaton Sea-front we looked out over a tormented, dull grey sea sitting below a dull grey sky, it was now windy and drizzling with rain and it was hard to tell where the sea ended and the sky began. However, we saw a good number of species: Northern Gannet, Kittiwake, Shag, Guillemot, Razorbill, Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher and despite the weather there were lots of people out and about.
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| I don't know how these Purple sandpipers managed to stay on the rocks it was so windy |
Lastly we ventured into Lyme Regis and walked along the sea-wall called the 'Cobb'. It was very, very windy and sea-spray was breaching the breakwater. On the sheltered side we found several Rock Pipits flitting about in the min-harbour and on the rocks we found 7 Purple Sandpipers, our target species. We didn't stay long as we were wind swept and wet so after a quick look we returned to the car and drove straight home. On the way back we added Raven to the list.
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