Having got used to large round bales of straw over the last few decades I now think that they can look really attractive making interesting patterns in the fields. In addition they make great perches for birds and I enjoy collecting pictures of as many species as possible.





The area seemed quiet this afternoon. I did see a couple of Arctic Skuas for Samphire Hoe that Phil Smith saw while we were having a cuppa with Paul Holt. We got the scopes on them and watched them sadistically chasing migrating terns about. There were quite a few Gannets fishing out there, so I suspect there were plenty of opportunities for the piratical Skuas.
Back at Bockhill a Whinchat played hide and seek with me along the cliff top, and disappeared without trace just when I though I'd got close enough, and in the right direction for the light for a portrait session. As a front came through it brought a group of Swifts, I counted 11 but think I missed the first ones as I wasn't concentration on the sky. With them were at least 25 Sand Martins and good numbers of Swallows.
2 comments:
We always think they look like some vast herd migration. This year I've seen quite a few that have made a leap for freedom off the trailer and ended up on the roadside or in the river.
The same harvest method, fast but not very romantic as anywhere in Europe nowadays.
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