The Black Guillemots that nest in the walls on the Oban seafront are quite tame and will allow a close approach. They are most easily seen in the mornings when they seem to gather to display and interact with each other, There were over 20 on view on the morning I was there.
On the journey up to Oban I decided to head over Musselburgh with the hope of seeing the American White-winged Scoter. It was good day to do so, as there were fairly light winds and it was nice and sunny. After only about 20 minutes I managed to spot it fairly distantly off shore from Musselburgh lagoons. Pleased to have even got these poor record shots.
What was looking to be a hard game turned into an easy victory. Yeovil had beaten Coventry City 6-2 in their previous game away from home but we took an early lead in this game and were the better team from the outset. Yeovil then conceded a penalty that resulted in a dismissal for one of their players. Danny Hylton scored the penalty and it was still in the first half when Yeovil had their second player sent off. The second half was mainly a non event with Luton keeping the ball and running the clock down without taking any risks, a professional performance. We then had a night in Weymouth – a good weekend.
Whilst on a visit to York ,in February, to see the university we visited York Train Museum where Tim Peake’s Spacecraft was on show. It was surprisingly small for 3 astronauts to travel back to earth in.
The Snowy Owl showed well at Snettisham RSPB today. Did not think I was going to see it when it was not seen at Thornham early on but luckily it was re-found at the end of Snettisham RSPB reserve late morning. I was therefore able to see the bird and get back earlier enough to take my mum out for Mother’s Day.
The Horned Lark at Staines Reservoir. The weather was not great Saturday morning but great to see this bird which had been present earlier in the winter but then went missing for quite a few weeks.
A mainly grey and quite cold day at Dungeness. Best birds were Glaucous and Caspian Gulls, pair of Smew, Black-throated Diver, Tree Sparrows and Great White Egret. There were 1000’s of Guillemots, 100’s of Great-crested Grebes and quite a few Red-throated Divers offshore of the fishing boats.
Smew
Black-throated Diver
Great White Egret
Dungeness
We joined 7500+ Luton supporters in Newcastle for this F A cup game. The game was won by Newcastle in a ten minute spell in the first half when they scored 3 goals. Luton played well in the second half when they scored an early goal, had another incorrectly disallowed and hit the bar from a free kick.
I don’t think anyone was expecting this result. This was only our second away defeat this season, I have only been to 3 away games but I have seen both defeats!! Good day out however and can recommend The Bulls Head in Burslem where the Titanic ale went down well.
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