Birds From The Main Road

It's great when one can pull over by the side of a major road and see good birds, isn't it? The A3052 is a main East Devon artery, a bit like Route 66 - "You go down into Sidmouth, onto Newton Poppleford..." - that kind of thing. We are lucky over here by the Devon/Dorset border that it runs right alongside Bridge Marsh, which has afforded us views of various geese, several species of Egret, birds of prey...and even small waders. Nevertheless, the 2 Little Ringed Plovers that were present yesterday were not easy to pick up, being so small and distant and often obscured by vegetation. So, fair enough Steve Waite, you did well to find them, especially as I'd visited Seaton Marshes, A.E.Wetlands and Coly Common (inc. platform) and seen very little all day. A nice end to a pleasant day.                                                     

Little Ringed Plover ( Copyright T D Wright )

Little Ringed Plover ( Copyright T D Wright )

These 2 pictures are from last spring, as yesterday's 2 were 2 far away 2 photograph. But they were there, honest. Little Ringed Love It! C U soon. OK that's enough text-speak.