Ferrybridge
More painting on-board Star today, its never ending. However there is a light at the end of the tunnel, with just a few areas still to be touched up. In the meantime we are just waiting on a date for when the mooring is available at Castletown. Once we have that, all that's needed is to anti-foul the hull and she will be good to go.
Sadly the Winter Pelagic trips don't look as if they will happen this year as we can't find a Winter mooring. Unfortunately it will mean that Star will be in a boatyard from October to April, but we still have September for a few trips out.
So whilst Dawn and I were busy painting at Ferrybridge Marina this afternoon, I did notice a Common Tern and 2 Sandwich Terns passing overhead, whilst in Small Mouth there were 50+ gulls feeding close to the road bridge as the tide was racing out of The Fleet.
There was an exceptionally low tide today and the sandbanks in The Fleet were joining up with each other, making almost possible to walk from one side to the other. In the distance I could quite a few small waders and several Oystercatchers.
Wakeham
In the garden pond there are 2 very strange looking bugs which I reckon are the nymphs of the Common Darter. More on this nymph Here and possibly a photo tomorrow.