We took a few days break away from home last week, and camped in my brother's garden so it really felt like a holiday - especially combined with the amazing weather we've been having.
Our first outing was to a nearby beach, and it was wonderful to walk on sand, paddle (and swim) after barely having seen the sea for over a year and a half.
It wasn't a large bay - but large enough when we walked to one end from the car park, and then to other end and back.
We saw plenty of gulls (mostly black-headed), some oyster-catchers, an unknown little brown bird, and at each end there were sand martins nesting in the "cliff" front. I could swear I heard a curlew too though I didn't see one. It's possible, I used to see them from the train when I was visiting my Dad in Midleton.
Due to the blogger issues I'm not going to try to sort them all in order.
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| Sand martins on fence |
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| Oyster-catcher |
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| Martin nests |
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| Black-headed gull |
1 comment:
Glad you got to get away for some beach time. Getting out and about has never been so welcome before.
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