Blogging at 22:00 on Wednesday 19th April from intended overnighting spot (right on the Greenwich Meridian) N 53.65518°, W 00.00061° / http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:53.65518%2C-00.00061
Wandered round Stone Creek first thing and had an excellent close-up of a short-eared owl hunting in daylight.
Whilst mooching I also found a wallet full of credit cards, a driving licence and cash, which was duly returned to its owner who - it turned out - was in a rental cottage not too far away.
From the creek had a freezing cold (if sunny) ride out in the bike for a couple of hours and then headed to the coordinates I'm intending to stay.
A huge tract of land here is being turned into what looks like a wetland nature reserve (pic) and it's already teeming. Best sightings have been avocets, yellow wagtails, a merlin, my first house martins of the year and - to cap it all - more full-daylight close-ups of a short-eared owl.
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