"English Channel"
Prawle Point South Hams Coast Devon.
"Ramblings"
"sunday wor-ship"
A much needed sunday outing along the south hams coast with sunny spells and no rain forecast (nippy north-westerly breese)
Watched the sunrise from prawle point coastguard lookout station (southernmost tip of devon)
Start point would have been the better choice if you were after a colourful seascape sunrise session.
But what it lacked in colour around prawle point was made up for with some brief moody light over the channel.
Rewarding days birding and what a difference a few more weeks into early spring.
The rock pipits and wagtails were lively and in good numbers down along the rocky coast.
Plenty of stonechats showing ontop of the gorse and scrub along with my first male wheatear (two spotted) of the season.
Early evening and my last location of the day I had fairly good numbers of yellow hammers showing quite well along the hedgerows and stone walls and a good few common linnet flying around (not seen or herd any whitethroat yet)
Lost the light around 5pm but I had a nice bonus watching a few active hares around some inland fields.
This being the first time I have seen hares around this area and as I spend quite a bit of my time birding at this location throughout the year I was quite surprised I had not noticed them before.
On a couple of occasions during late spring 2022 early mornings I have watched fox from a distance stalking this area
and I am sure they are wise to a good hunting location.
"English Channel"
Prawle Point South Hams Coast Devon.
"Ramblings"
"sunday wor-ship"
A much needed sunday outing along the south hams coast with sunny spells and no rain forecast (nippy north-westerly breese)
Watched the sunrise from prawle point coastguard lookout station (southernmost tip of devon)
Start point would have been the better choice if you were after a colourful seascape sunrise session.
But what it lacked in colour around prawle point was made up for with some brief moody light over the channel.
Rewarding days birding and what a difference a few more weeks into early spring.
The rock pipits and wagtails were lively and in good numbers down along the rocky coast.
Plenty of stonechats showing ontop of the gorse and scrub along with my first male wheatear (two spotted) of the season.
Early evening and my last location of the day I had fairly good numbers of yellow hammers showing quite well along the hedgerows and stone walls and a good few common linnet flying around (not seen or herd any whitethroat yet)
Lost the light around 5pm but I had a nice bonus watching a few active hares around some inland fields.
This being the first time I have seen hares around this area and as I spend quite a bit of my time birding at this location throughout the year I was quite surprised I had not noticed them before.
On a couple of occasions during late spring 2022 early mornings I have watched fox from a distance stalking this area
and I am sure they are wise to a good hunting location.