Off we went to the coast .... Turnstones, Oiks, hundreds of Curlews and Lapwings in the fields... and a dramatic showing of crepuscular rays over the sea. Then we drove back along twisty lanes ..... in the far distance, a few hundred "winter swans" ... then a Barn Owl flew over the road and we watched it quartering the field .... maybe even halving it, who knows .... then a couple of Fieldfares flew over , and a Little Egret shot up out of a ditch and flew right over us. Earlier, I went down to the river to do that " Common Gull Count" I 'm doing .... 41 in the flock of ± 680 gulls .... I'm doing it because last year, rather oddly, there were hardly any ... so I'm monitoring them...but they seem to be back to normal now. As an added extra, on impulse I had go at confirming the true flock size ( which I had approximated by blocking it out in 20's) by photographing them ..... but as you will see, it didn't quite work out .... another opportunity for you all to have a laugh at my expense ... if you've actually stopped laughing yet about all those hoodwinks I showed you. but I couldn't see,in the strong sunshine, exactly which bits I was snapping, and the overlaps were hard to spot ... this pair isn't too bad ..... but this next one is a repeat .. ! Useless. ... and this one's only moved a dinky bit ... what you need is a tripod, so you can move the camera precisely for each frame.... what a shambles ! Doing it "hand-held" is a dead loss. But, experience, we are told, is cheap at any price. ... I suspect I've gone too far to the left this time ... bah !! [ Actually, I think it's bang on, after a closer look ] There's more of them ... but you've had your laugh. Here we go with the music ... two songs actually ... both highly relevant. ...
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