Thursday
14th January Strong NW Cold and sunny
Only
one target today, the bonaparte's gull hopefully at Exmouth. I should
have made this the priority three days back and gone there after
Bowling Green RSPB reserve instead of heading for Dawlish Warren.
Green Birding on my scale depends on the rare birds with
opportunities for the more common species presenting themselves along
the way.
Oh
well, today I may rectify my mistake.
The
cycle ride around the whole of the Exe Estuary is easy along the
cycle way and my old comedy song repertoire keeps me going. I am busy
doing nothing, working the whole day through, with positive thinking
bringing me sunshine.
For
five hours I search the Exmouth seafront. For five hours I look out
across to Dawlish Warren in strong sunshine but bitingly cold wind. Joined by three Devon birders but still no Boneys.
Mark, the main gull man goes off to try another area and phones back. He has found a glaucous gull. Everyone hightails off to find Mark and the gull. I try to find them all. Can't. In panic I search the seafront but no birders. I search the far sandbanks. No Glaucous!
I
retrace my cycle route back to the Red House over yonder without an
addition to the year list. Will that glaucous come back to haunt me?
The
Green Year list still stands at 115, fifteen ahead of
where I was at this time last year.
25.33
miles 708 feet elevation up 778 feet elevation down
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