A pretty fruitless search around town and walk to Monk's Bay produced 12 swallows, a pied wagtail and c.30 swifts. Meanwhile, four bee-eaters pitch in at Portland!
Wednesday 28 May 2014
Tuesday 27 May 2014
Serin!
I was just about to sit down on a bench above the cascade when I heard a distinctive trilling coming from gardens behind the Winter Gardens just across the road - SERIN!
I rushed across the road, trilled again. Got my phone out ready to call Andy. Dithered. Still calling, out of view. Then up it got, calling, headed west, then took a sharp right turn in towards the police station clump. I rushed up there but no sign. I headed up the post office path, phoning Andy but had to leave a message. No sign nor sound from Grove Car Park - after which suitable habitat abounds. Bugger.
I rushed across the road, trilled again. Got my phone out ready to call Andy. Dithered. Still calling, out of view. Then up it got, calling, headed west, then took a sharp right turn in towards the police station clump. I rushed up there but no sign. I headed up the post office path, phoning Andy but had to leave a message. No sign nor sound from Grove Car Park - after which suitable habitat abounds. Bugger.
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