Been meaning to report on the winter visitors for ages - it all starts in September - slow migration, odd birds start to appear then one day you look out the window and bang, hundreds of the little fellas mooching about over the sands, swooping in glittering swarms through the sky - amazing!
- And we seem to have quite a few herons hanging around the groin this year. Not every day, but sometimes up to ten sat looking quite dour at the end of the stones. They look like they are all waiting for a long overdue bus!
Currently there are shell duck bobbing about and on the stones lots of oyster catchers and the little dun coloured ones (dunlins or knots - I'm useless at identifying these fellas). We have curlews too, there are probably loads more, but I'm just catching glances out the breakfast room window when serving the guests so a more detailed observation is not really possible.
Oh and by the way. I know everyone bangs on about the amazing sunsets in Morecambe Bay, but have you ever seen a winter sunrise? They are exquisite. Beautiful hues of soft pinks and turquoise. The mountains are covered in snow right now so they reflect the pink too. Quite a sight candy floss pink mountains swathed in wisps of vanilla coloured clouds. Seeing is quite literally believing and this time of year on the Bay the stages of the sunrise can take well over half an hour.
Off to do some more dusting - bye for now - P.
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