The Safari didn't get far with Frank this morning although we did come across a Frog, a different one to the one whose ar*e Frank sniffed last night.
With persistent drizzle at first light we didn't even think about going over the road on to Patch 2. The day was filled teaching a full on school visit so we only had a very short time on the sea wall. We needn't have bothered as a very thick low mist blanketed the world. A hundred or so Common Scoters was all we had, no sign of the recent Scaup and Velvet Scoters, TBH the Loch Ness Monster could have been doing a hat and cane dance routine two hundred yards beyond the scoters and we'd never have known.
After work a certain dog decided that he wasn't going to play ball but have a full blown trip round Patch 2 for a (to us) a very refreshing change, particularly considering it was still light.
About thirty Magpies were in the pre-roost trees at the Butterfly Zone, where we heard but didn't see a Long Tailed Tit.
We risked taking him past the top pond (the bottom one has been drained over the winter) and we're glad we did. There were at least fifty Frogs and a MASSIVE dollop of spawn...we have sneaky plan for some newt surveying later in the spring.
A Song Thrush sang from the Golden Triangle and there were Dunnocks and Robins aplenty but no sign of the Peregrines on their sleeping ledge.
Where to next? Hopefully the fog will have lifted a bit tomorrow and we'll get a better gawp at the sea.
In the meantime let us know if the frogs are getting fruity in your outback.
Sorry no light and little time for pics today.
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