Monday 21 August 2017

Sker rocks and back

Today me and my youngest daughter Kathryn went down to Sker for a walk with the dogs. There was a bit of migration passage overhead and I probably had my last Tree Pipit and Redstart of the year. We also had a couple of Whitethroat, Linnet and Stonechat going down and on the  shore off the cow pond was a Single Dunlin. The fields around Sker were full of Autumn Lady's Tresses, a new flower for me and I wished I had my small lens with me to take some photos. Once we had got to Sker it was coffee time and has I sat there I heard a bird calling overhead, it took a couple of minutes to sink in that it was a Chough. It landed on the rocks with some Carrion Crows a young crow rushed over to be fed by the Chough but it was spooked and it flew off towards Porthcawl but within ten mintues it was back and was feeding along the bank. It was flushed by a dog walker and flew a short distantance and carried on feeding. I also counted 94 Oystercatcher on the beach and 45 Turnstones on the rocks. I also saw two Little Egrets, a single Curlew and on the sea I had 3 Shelduck flying west and a single winter plumage Med Gull  flying east.



I found this fish box and I also wondered how did it end up here, it's from the Netherlands, but registered to a boat from Brixham in Devon. Last thing a good old rant I got to vistors centre and I needed the toilet but it was closed. The carpark was full as far as the road and you think how many of these people would have gone into the centre and maybe bought something or took interest in the Nature Reserve, I think any other organisation running this place and it would be a gold mine and because the council  are running it's a joke. I remember when I first started going there in the eighties there was a public toilet on the side off the carpark and it was handy for when centre was closed and where is it now been demolished to save money Sorry I will put a Tenner in the swear box for the christmas drink pmsl.

27 comments:

  1. If we have a Christmas drink this year (it does seems to happen every two years)I will print this post out as evidence for you to put a tenner in the kitty.

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  2. yes you do Mr Hill and has it is i am buying the beers in Costa Rica and I seen you drink when we were in spain and I better start saving .

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  3. I'm so glad you are buying the drinks in Costa Rica when we are going all inclusive mmmmmmmm !!!

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  4. dame i forgot that bit and will get you a shandy in the monkey bar mate .

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  5. Beer monster Hill was his nickname in Spain Mart remember him buying that expensive wine from the supermarket.

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  6. Cough splutter Mr Gaze, one euro a bottle you and Mart were splashing out and not even using a glass to drink out of. I could only order beers in the hotel, three fingers in the air. Good times.

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  7. Animals Mike the pair of them,don't let Phil order drinks in Spanish just saying.

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  8. I remember the discussion Rob, is it a carafe or a proper wine glass, I can't remember what happened after that.

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  9. Say nothing Hogan what about you taking the piss out of the guy with the limp in Lesvos.

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  10. I think the late nights chill out beers are has good as the birding and coming home in the weeeeeee hours great and mike i still think mr gaze grassed us up on spain and he went to bed like a rocket .

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  11. Pmsl Mike fighting that cat to get a beer 😂

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  12. Gambia, Palm Wine shopping, we should have hired a container

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  13. Mike don't let Rob get the bill in Spain 120 euros for three pints

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  14. Gambia, we should have bought bathroom tile cleaner after you blew the palm wine up

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  15. It would have been brilliant if it went off in customs, think of the tan we'd all have by now.

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  16. Are you still in contact with that goat Mike?

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  17. Well I dont think i have seen 21 comments before and brilliant memories and mike and that bat in the shop or was it a peacock moth .

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  18. I should have put a claim in against that goat. I'm getting a head cam for the next trip.

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  19. And don't forget Mr Bell catching a crab.

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  20. Missing suitcases Mr.Hill,sugar on chips i suspect fowl play 😂

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  21. And not forgetting Mike's marriage proposal in Gambia.

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  22. And the marriage cost peanuts.

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