This is one of our favourite places to visit and so we were looking forward to today. After all, spring is here, and we should see something of interest? We did - and here are some of my efforts!
In among the gorse, we were entertained by the family of Stonechats. Apparently, On heathland in the south of England, Dartford Warblers can often be seen following Stonechats around, perhaps catching the small insects that the larger bird disturbs. We were lucky / unlucky enough to see a Dartford Warbler flit past while we were photographing the Stonechats, but were not quick enough to get the picture!
Two youngsters deciding who was to have the worm.
Dunnock sitting on the gorse
A Whitethroat, but the quality is rather poor due to the distance it was away from me.
Although a common bird with a dubious reputation, the Magpie is a rather good looking bird, especially if you catch one in sunlight.
A Redshank walking the edge of the Scrape
The Sand Martins were fascinating to watch as they wheeled overhead and dived at their burrows in the cliff side. Well worth standing here for some while.
Having caught his lunch, the Heron gave a performance as he tried to get it down his long throat. I believe it was a sand eel and it tried to wind itself around the Herons` beak!
Eventually, after some more shaking about and dipping in water?, it slips reluctantly down the Herons` throat.
