well no photo today but i didn't have time to take any.

i managed to get down to Dawlish Warren this morning for a look around first up were a flock of scoters of the sea joined by 2 great crested grebes. it was a still morning and the sun had just risen over the sea. beautiful. i walked around the sea wall towards the beach searching for anything of interest but it was a quite morning. i got to the first pond a heard a water rail and then 1 squealed and popped into the open, yeah a year tick! i continued to watch for the 2nd bird but it never showed, it just called now and then. a quick look at the main pond only revelled a couple of coot and moorhen and then the phone rang.

My lovely wife's car had broken down so i had to go and sort it. B@$#@&D

I did manage to get 1/2 an hour in my lunch to go to a secret spot i now with in walking distance but nothing ever turns up there, the best I've had is a buzzard but not today. a few blue tits and chaffs.

i always say 'I watch birds because i enjoy it and if something special turns up then that's great' i can watch blue tits and blackbirds for as long as i could watch an osprey or phalarope.