A bright start to the day that quickly deteriorated into a very wet day, as very heavy slow moving showers came along the English Channel drenching the peninsular.
Blackcap at the observatory early morning
A walk around The Point before the rain set in saw singles Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Goldcrest around the observatory and the same in the lighthouse garden. In the new Lighthouse area, a Brown Hare, 6 Skylarks, just 2 Meadow Pipits, 5 Stonechats, 6 Black Redstarts, still lots of Robins around and of course the obliging Shorelark
Several Rainbows today as the showers passed allowing very brief periods of sunshine
3rd calendar year Yellow-legged Gull at the Fish Shack roost
The Shorelark paddling
As the weather was so poor I spent much time today in the car around the fishing boats area, looking for Gulls and out to sea. For most of the time I had the Shorelark to myself, I wasn't going to take any more pictures of it, but as it was feeding more or less within touching distance I could resist.
A short video of the Shorelark feeding around the ever growing puddles in the rain today
I have no idea where this Herring Gull at the puddles was ringed, definitely not a BTO scheme
Red-throated Diver from Dennis's picnic area late afternoon and not a lot else
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