Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Tuesday 11th August

Grey and blues days seem to alternate, today was blue with some clouds. A quick trip around the Downs with brief stops at Sea Walls and the Peregrine Watch. The river was muddy brown, debris, gulls and ducks still moving slowly in on the nearly high tide. I spotted a male Peregrine as soon as I had my glasses focused towards the quarry, he flew low, then towards me and the cliff below, as he came in and got close, he folded his wings as in a stoop, but to land on a cliff ledge.

Sunday, August 09, 2009

Sunday 9th August

Another sunny morning (irony). The river tide had just turned, very little bird life that I could see. The travellers / gypsies have moved on, or been moved on, so that that the only relics of their camp are large grass circles showing where their tethered horses cropped the grass.
A more careful reading of the plastic posters shows that they refer to barbeque's and removing rubbish, it looks as if some more permanent notices on metal posts will appear soon, probably about parking. There are already such notices on Cote Green, and one on Ladies Mile hidden by foliage. We have far too many notices plastered over our roads and countryside, the useful ones are usually obscured by trees and bushes.
Home to sardines and croissants for breakfast.