Just as the natural world thinks autumn is upon us, the sun comes out! Lovely it is though - finally the shorts are out!
Looking up the Estuary late last night
I've kept an eye on Black Hole Marsh over the last few days, eagerly waiting for a rare wader to drop in! No luck so far, but there is some wader passage going on.
On Saturday evening there were six Blackwits, three Dunlin, two Greenshank and this Ringed Plover on Black Hole Marsh...
A juv - it should have been a little ringed really!
And this morning, the same counts of Blackwits and Dunlin, one less Greenshank, but two Green Sands and this Whimbrel...
Dropped in all on its tod
Two of the three Dunlin
Before I start boring you with photos of dragonflies, I'll mention the colour-ringed first-winter Med Gull I saw at Black Hole Marsh last week. This one...
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It was ringed as a pullus near Terneuzen, Netherlands on 20/6/2011, then spent the winter in France, in the far north west of the county. It was last seen in France at Plonévez-Porzay on 25/1/2012 and there were no more sightings until mine the other day.
Ok, now for a few dragonfly pictures that I've taken today. I just had to take some photos because I have seen so few so far this year...
Southern Hawker
Four-spotted Chaser
Black-tailed Skimmer
And to end this post, a bit of 'natural art', taken this morning at Black Hole Marsh...
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