"Stonechat" (male)
Mattiscombe South Hams Coast Path Devon.
"Ramblings"
Enjoyed a rather windy circular (watch your step and be bloody careful) walk via Start point car park with a lengthy stop off over looking Mattiscombe beach watching the waves roll in.
Gusty 50mph plus wind from the south, south east with nowhere to realy shelter along the coastal path unless you tucked yourself down on the beach so I was feeling rather weathered leaving when the forcast rain showers moved in late afternoon.
I was not expecting much in the way of bird spotting over the land as most were probably hunkering down amongst the gorse etc, but the seabirds were fairly active with some having a bit of hard time flying into a gusty 50mph headwind.
As expected our little hardy male Stonechats were occasionally showing and calling on top of the gorse busy announcing their territory along with attracting a mate I suspect.
With the weather over the next few weeks becoming a tad more settled down this neck of the woods and a little more in the way of early spring like conditions things should step up a gear as far bird spotting goes. So looking forward to welcoming back to South Devon some of our early spring migrants.
"Stonechat" (male)
Mattiscombe South Hams Coast Path Devon.
"Ramblings"
Enjoyed a rather windy circular (watch your step and be bloody careful) walk via Start point car park with a lengthy stop off over looking Mattiscombe beach watching the waves roll in.
Gusty 50mph plus wind from the south, south east with nowhere to realy shelter along the coastal path unless you tucked yourself down on the beach so I was feeling rather weathered leaving when the forcast rain showers moved in late afternoon.
I was not expecting much in the way of bird spotting over the land as most were probably hunkering down amongst the gorse etc, but the seabirds were fairly active with some having a bit of hard time flying into a gusty 50mph headwind.
As expected our little hardy male Stonechats were occasionally showing and calling on top of the gorse busy announcing their territory along with attracting a mate I suspect.
With the weather over the next few weeks becoming a tad more settled down this neck of the woods and a little more in the way of early spring like conditions things should step up a gear as far bird spotting goes. So looking forward to welcoming back to South Devon some of our early spring migrants.