Bit worried Mrs D was about to go all Yakuza on my ass when she dispatched me to go and find a bottle of sake today – we’d only been watching “Kill Bill Vol 1” last night, and she might have been getting ideas…
Luckily the boss was just after making a sweet n’sour, so off I went.
Naturally I took a circuitous route to the Kwik-E-Mart, heading to Marshside for an hour or two.
“Mr Orange” was on the lagoon off Nels still, best observed from distance from Hesketh Road, so eliminating the need to look at incongruous detail close up, and the Swallow with the reddish wash to his undercrackers was whizzing about around the platform, perching up in the brambles occasionally.
Way too zippy for me to get a proper piccy with rice wine on my mind.
Much more restful was the Wood Sandpiper which fed along the water’s edge the whole time – a class act.
Lots of Swifts through, and blasts of the Cetti’s from the SSSI ditch too.
Time to head to the check-out.
I had my first Swifts over Birkdale today.
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They were moving north over the Pier as I led a walk there this evening Chris. Lots coming through.
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Wood Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper at Southport Marine Lake this morning.
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