What a miserable start to the year, I think I can count the number of dry sunny days on one hand. Today we had fine drizzle falling, but not enough to put me off taking Ted and Theo for a walk.
Things have changed slightly at the cove, with the Chiffchaffs now at the back of the cove, behind the beach huts. Well at least two of them noted. The pair of Stonechats were absent and there was no sign of the Grey Wagtail either.
At least the female Black Redstart is still present, along with a male Pied Wagtail and six Rock Pipits. There was no sign of the "AAL" leg ringed Rock Pipit, but "AAX" was back.
And out in the surf was the Grey Seal again, along with a Black-headed Gull for company.
Mammals Recorded:
1 Grey Seal
It was good to see......
............the Grey Seal.......
............at the cove again.
Birds Recorded:
1 Cormorant
2 Kestrel
1 Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Wood Pigeon
6 Rock Pipit
1 Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Robin
1 Black Redstart
Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Wren
Magpie
Carrion Crow
House Sparrow
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
A Cormorant makes its way across the cove.
A Black-headed Gull just off the beach
There were six Rock Pipits on the beach today including......
........the leg ringed "AAX". There was no sign of "AAL" from the other day.
And a male Pied Wagtail
A Robin singing in Penns Wood
The overwintering female Black Redstart at the cove.
Bees Recorded:
1 Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris)
A Buff-tailed Bumblebee on a Hebe flower.
Kelp Fly (Coelopa frigida)
Fungi:
Jelly Ear Fungus (Auricularia auricula-judae)
fungi sp
fungi sp.
Ted:
Ted in a hurry to get to the beach