A free day. And despite feeling awful due to a flu-like cold, and despite oversleeping because of the flu-like cold, and despite unpromising weather conditions for migrants, I decided to hit the coast. Hard work. Virtually no migrants: Three Chiffchaffs heard; some Swallows heard; a Wheatear and a Whinchat; and finally the only winter migrants being three Brent Geese heading south over the sea.
Still good fun trying and included a Purple Sandpiper, and a Great White Egret (seen twice in flight), but the weather was more suitable for butterflies like this Small Copper and Common Blue…
Also took a few half decent recordishy-type-shots…
…and a couple of better ones…
…and came ever so close to taking a decent picture of a Bearded Tit, but it unfortunately put its head behind some reeds at the last moment…
This Grass Snake was nice to see too…
