Having just about survived 3/4 of the quademic, though only got my sense of smell back this lunchtime, the power of bacon!!, I decided to head out this morning, the car telling me it was -3 degrees Celsius almost made me head back to bed, but with multiple layers of thermal clothing and a balaclava in place I went for it!! I decided to head for Tidemills. I felt with everything being frozen the coast was the best place for some action and with no sense of smell I didn't even have to worry about the dog poop!😁💩
Was pretty quiet as I arrived at Sunrise, I managed to spot a couple of Purple Sandpipers on the pier and a distant dot turned out to be the Eider that's been around for a couple of weeks, but in general the frozen landscape didn't have much to offer! Though the Sandpipers showed well!
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| Dunnock |
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| Seaford Head |
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| Eider |
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| Cormorant |
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| Purple Sandpiper |
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| Wren |
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| Meadow Pipit on ice! |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Stonechat on ice |
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| Spot the Stonechat |
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| Shelduck |
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| Redshank |
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| Vocal Song Thrush |
By 10.30 I had decided to give up but thought I would nip to Splash Point to see if I could find a Black Redstart, which I could!!
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| Fulmar a couple on the cliffs at Splash Point I had also seen several on the cliffs at Newhaven |
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| Rock Pipit |
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| Meadow Pipit, look at that blue sky! |
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| Black Redstart |
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| The Splash Point Purple Sandpiper |
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| Apparently it's called Stumpy! |
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| Avocet, spotted by another birder who also spotted some very distant diving Gannets! |
So not a bad day, to be honest just glad to be out after feeling pretty crap for the last couple of weeks, my list is creeping up, 58 at time of writing!!
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