An afternoon walk between the deluges at Ardmore Point produced 80 Wigeon, 20 Teal and ten Mallard feeding in North Bay. Surprisingly, no other waterfowl were visible on what was, admittedly, a very rough sea. The usual Redshanks, Oystercatchers and Curlews were mingling with the ducks in the shallows. Black-headed Gull was the commonest bird with a few Herring and Great black-backed Gulls also present. Only one Shelduck was present. Land birds were keeping out of the wind with only four Great Tits located.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
"The grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never dried all at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls".
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