"It'll be hell at the supermarket", Mrs D warned me as I left the house, and she was right - the entire world had descended locust-like on the shelves in case the planet ran out of munchies over the next few days.
To get over the Dantesque experience I went for a walk along the lane between The Pheasant pub and Hightown in search of the Little Owls John Daly reported on the blog earlier in the week.
No sign of them, but the willows on either side of the road do look ideal. With the wind raging it wasn't surprising they had gone to ground.
A few Blackbirds, Meadow Pipits and a big Woodpigeon flock in the fields.
Circled back across the mosses - loads of Lesser Celandine out now, but the wind ripping over the flatlands meant there weren't many birds about.
Even the Kestrels were feeding on the deck - hopping amongst the clods of earth in a ploughed field on Plex.
One Buzzard was wheeling about between there and Carr Moss.
This almost all-white Pheasant was out on Plex too - I think it's the one I had deeper in the winter, and I'm astonished it escaped the shooters being that colour. It must have missed the queue for camouflage.
No Wheatears on the fields yet, but Shelducks and Lapwings with a few Skylarks singing.
Cut my losses and headed back to Dempsey Towers, where there were still three Bramblings and a male Blackcap.
Finally got some reasonable shots of the Bramblings.
Still having to digiscope 'em through the window though, they're mighty nervous.
Hopefully the wind will have dropped a bit by tomorrow.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Bazzo wrote...
Formby Point seawatch, 9am to 12.30pm:
Gannets 21
Eiders 3
RB Mergs 17
Kittiwake 5
Common Scoter 65
Red Throated Diver 1
Little Gull 1
Goldeneye 1
Guillemot 1
Posted by: Bazzo | March 21, 2008 5:57 PM