Trouble with sleeping, when that happens, only one thing to
do, get Up, have a cup of tea, my thoughts then turned to putting the
day to good use, birding sprang to mind, then location, and Sheppey won, first
stop rspb Elmley there were birds all over the place, first encounter was a
hunting Short Eared Owl which loomed at me from over the seawall and settling
in some rough, I thought this is going well, and it did, the toll was as
follows.
Five Marsh Harrier, four Brown Hare,Umpteen Rabbits of
various sizes, Tufted Duck sixteen, on wellmarsh, Avocets, two Reed Bunting, BH
Gulls in profusion and so was the noise, two Shelduck, Reed Bunting, Reed
Warbler, Shoveler, four Little Egret, one Heron, nine Skylark, one trapped
Swallow in the gents toilet as a result of a screen being put up to save the
mess, I opened one of the long windows and ushered him out.
The SE Owl was I suppose the highlight, and I have decided
that late starts never caught the worm.
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