The Safari didn’t think Misery Beach was actually that miserable, a rather pleasant spot if truth be told...unlike the beach here this lunchtime which was thoroughly miserable, wind and rain swept! And greyer than a grey thing from Greysville.
Hardly any news from yesterday other than a Merlin (P2 #84) almost took our head off as it came from behind the Mirror Ball saw us at the last minute and jinked away over the wall upsetting a couple of Redshank – the first of the season – as it did so.
This morning was even less exciting, a couple of Grey Wagtails went over southwards, the sum total of the day’s vis mig! Last night we had a little audible mig when out with Frank one or more Redwings were heard overhead in the darkness. Almost all the Robins seem to have shipped out now too as only one or two are heard in the mornings.
On the sea a Red Throated Diver was very close and we enjoyed excellent views in the poor conditions. It was so close that we contemplated going back to get the camera – wouldn’t have been a full framer and the light was horrid but it was probably worth a shout. Then it dived again so we waited to see if it came up in the same place, if it did we’d deffo go for the camera...we waited and waited and waited and waited and it didn’t come up in the same place; it didn’t come up at all! We scanned and scanned and scanned and found two Great Crested Grebes and a Cormorant. all a hundred yards or more further out but we never did see the diver again. Wouldn’t mind the sea wasn’t far off mirror calm and the bird was over the beach...where the blazes did it go; down that invisible plughole like so many other unfortunate avian and mammalian victims?
Lunchtime gave us very heavy drizzle and no visibility grey-out conditions over the sea; we were back inside after only two minutes, not wanting to give any further ammunition to the cold we seem to have starting to develop.
Where to next? More greyness tomorrow? But we are making plans for a weekend safari.
In the meantime let us know waht the clous were hiding in your outback
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