Here's the lowdown on my Augusts from the dim and distant past ..... Aug 1st 1987 Black-winged Stilt, my first, at Holme , Norfolk. Brilliant. 1987 Marsh Sandpiper, Cley, later that same day. 2004 I found a Pec Sand at Conder Green, Lancs. Aug 2nd 2002 Two Ruddy Shelducks at Chew Valley Lake. 2005 Juv. Pec Sand at the Eric Morecambe Pools Aug 3rd. Nuffink. Aug 4th 2002 2 Sooty Shearwaters off Lizard Point. Excellent. Aug 5th 1999 Marsh Sandpiper at Marshside Marsh, Liverpool. 2003 Great White Egret at Allan/Eric Morecambe Complex at Leighton Moss ... I wrote the excellent fully illustrated description. Aug 6th 1990 Sooty Shearwaters, Bacton Cliffs, Norfolk. Aug 7th 1987 Crane, my first, Horsey, Norfolk. Aug 8th Nothing Aug 9th 2002 Balearic Shearwater, after some "probables" at Lizard Point on 4th and 8. Aug 10th 1987 Purple Heron, Welney, Norfolk.... smashing. Aug 11th 2002 Cirl Bunting ... Exminster hospital footy fields... my first, and only. Aug 12th 2003 Male Black Duck at Porthloo Duck Pond. Aug13th 2003 2 Wilson's Petrels from the Kingfisher Scilly Pelagic . Woo !! Aug 14th 1998 My first Storm Petrel, from the Douglas-Heysham ferry. 2004 Cory's Shearwater, Sabine's Gull and Wilson's + 5 Bonxies and 20 Storm Petrels from a Scilly pelagic on the Sapphire.Terrific. Aug 15th 1979 Bonaparte's Gull, Bangor, N. Ireland. I stood in the same puddle with it. 1993 Honey Buzzard, Swanton Novers Gt. Wood. Aug 16th 2003 1 Med Shearwater, 1 Bonxie from the Sapphire pelagic. Aug 17th 1993 Oriental Pratincole, Titchwell, Norfolk. Bloody amazing. 2004 Coming back on the Scillonian 3, a Sooty Shearwater + 4 Storm Petrels. Aug 18th 1999 Semi-palmated Sandpiper, Belfast Harbour. Aug 19 Zilch Aug 20 Zero Aug 21 Nowt Aug 22 Absolutely nothing at all. Aug 23 1993 Buff-breasted sandpiper, Lane Ends, Pilling. 1994 Icterine Warbler, St. Mary's Island, Newcastle. Smashing. 1999 Long-billed Dowitcher, Belfast Harbour 2003 White-winged black Tern, Conder Green, Lancaster. ( I got news of it while I was still on Scilly .... but it waited for me specially. Aug 24 1996 Black-winged Pratincole ...Leighton Moss, and on 27th. Wizzard !!! Aug 25 A complete blank. Aug 26 2002 5 Red-crested Pochards at Leighton Moss Lower hide. Aug 27 1996 The pre-mentioned BWP at LM. Aug 28 A sea of nothingness. Aug 29 2001 White-rumped Sandpiper at Leighton Moss ( stayed to 1st Sept.) Aug 30 1987 Woodchat Shrike at Lytham, Lancs. Aug 31 1987 Wryneck, Lytham Railway Platform. Nearly landed on Morris Jones' head. Well... only 7 empty days. And some excellent birds. And many moments of pleasure. That song is all about the people in her life that have died ... she meets them one by one, for a fleeting moment as they disappear into the darkness. I hadn't heard it for years, but yesterday I was reading a Simon Armitage poem and he mentions it .... he writes about a song with " Here come the hills of time" in it.
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