More bad pics of the joyously wonderful {eventually} Lesser Crested Tern.
Shown here with another fish {rapidly scarfed on the wing}, flying past The Wreck {IYKYK}, & posing up high.
Also a bit of the twitch hiding from the wind {after the tide dropped a bit.!}
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Yes, even more waxcaps!
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A good array of waxcaps now on show, though some take a little more finding than others.!

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Couldn't get on @shiphaybirder.bsky.social 's pet Dartford {it likes him}, or find any divers at all {😔}, but did get 12 Brent Goose high-ish S, 6 Common Scoter on the sea off Meadfoot, and 3 Red-breasted Merganser {scarce these days} N, seen from there {café birding, can't beat it! 😁☕}
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Just one or two...
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And so it rained. And rained. And rained. This was not forecast, btw. 'Slight chance of a light shower', they said. This was not slight or light or anything but sustained. Oh well, only a fool goes up on t'Moor without waterproofs, & I am not that {Usually 😉}
Did make the waxcaps look extra purdy
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A LOT of Golden Plover were flying about overhead in a swirling mass of sub-flocks that occasionally came together. Had to be at least 400. Odd groups came a bit lower, like these;

Looked at the sea at the Nose, as it was blowier than expected: timed count gave 180 auks {176 Razorbills, 4 Guillemots. No Puffins!}, 3 Gannets, 3 Kittiwakes, & 1 Common Gull in 10 mins. A party of 10+ scoter got past as I was getting the scope out, a Med Gull also passed.
This fly{?} best pic.!
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2/ More on offer, oh yes!
Waxcap Wednesday - courtesy of the Nose last weekend - also gives you Butter, Scarlet, Slimy, and Fibrous. {How appetising.! 🤨}
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After failing at the Nose, I didn't find any BlackReds around the café end, either. This dear little psychopath might have had something to do with that...
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Robin: "Give me a sammich or I'll chin yer"

{Coffee was good, though 😇☕}