Frustration grows

The Safari has spent the weekend on dog-sitting duties and not been able to get out n about, Frank is still only permitted three ten minute walks a day,m that's five minutes there and five back! Still he's a lovely boy and an uncomplaining patient who is getting better every day, his limp has now almost gone except when he's a bit stiff in the morning. trouble is cos he doesn't hurt or limp anymore he thinks he's fit and well but he has another five weeks before the vets say he can go Billy-bonkers again although given the sight of a cat or sniff of a Fox he's trying to do that now and that could seriously set him back.

We were hoping to get the moth trap out last night but prolonged drizzle out paid to that idea. Then this morning we were just too lazy and stayed in bed when perhaps we ought to have go up and had a shuffy along Chat Alley which paid dividends for AM yesterday even though we gave it a miss as we thought the overnight weather was a bit ropey for dropping migrants - how wrong we were!

A little bit of time in the garden gave us a couple of Large Whites, a Peacock, a Small Tortoiseshell and a short walk with Frank produced a Hawker sp dragonfly that very annoyingly stayed just out of naked eye range for an ID, deffo not Brown Hawker (clear wings) and seemed a bit bulky for Migrant Hawker.

In the back garden of a house across the main road a Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff 'hweet'ed but other than that Safariville was quiet. Even the gulls haven't been able to find us a passing raptor this arvo.

Where to next? Annoyingly the wind has died down so Patch 2 may well be devoid of seabirds in the morning; there could however be a bit of overhead passage though.

In the meantime let us know what the gulls haven't found in your outback
Late Update - Just found this - what a great project. let's hope that 1( it gets the go ahead and 2) the Victorian-attituded blinkered numpties don't put the mockers on it...it'd get us travelling just that bit further afield and out of Safari-land!