Friday 24th August 2007
What a difference a day makes, that cold wind of yesterday had departed and in it's place was a dry, warm and from time to time sunny day, but why did I feel a bit confused? Oh yes......it was a Bank Holiday weekend, good weather? surely I must be dreaming?
No, I wasn't dreaming it really was a nice day so after a hospital appointment we headed down to Keyhaven arriving there around 2pm and we even managed to park for free!
What can I tell you about Keyhaven that I haven't already said before. It is one of my favourite places to go birding but it is also a nice place to walk or just to be.
Something happens there, the people have smiles on their faces and they say Hello or Good Afternoon and the birders are just the best. We were only out of the car five minutes when a lady birder came over to tell us where to find some Wheatears and Winchats, very nice of her to do that.
grey heron
We spent hours down there, we walked the seawall to Pennington and back again. We just took our time checking out all the lagoons along the way and there were lots of lovely birds to see.
wheatear
The best bird for me was the Wheatear as I had never seen one before and we had a pair of them flying up and down the lane in front of us, then behind us then walking on the path with us, very friendly birds. Unfortunately we didn't see the Winchat, but sure you can't have everything can you?
135. wheatear
