Wednesday, March 10
It was definitely the wrong conditions. Overcast, cold, without sun. We arrived at about 11.20, on the late side for mid morning thermals. Another minus point. Despite having good directions, we did not find the site easily. Five minutes after arrival, a female Goshawk rose out of the far woods and made her way west. Always distant, always an awesone sight. One of my favourite raptors. I managed two snatched photos before the bird planed out of view.
Shortly afterwards, two more Goshawks appeared high over the conifers, spiralling lazily on unseen currents, ever higher, and higher, until they disappeared. Within a few minutes, two more birds appeared The same ones or different? We shall never know - they appeared from the same direction as the previous duo had disappeared. We watched these for a quarter of an hour, until they were specks in the sky, until our arms were too tired to hold the bins up any longer. Not our best ever views, but certainly the most extensive. Excellent.
The show was over. We - and the occupants of the other three cars present - packed up and left.
We returned via the coast, the longing for the sea and the coast is ever present.
The two Greenshanks were still present, still separate. My photographs were bigger but not much sharper in the murky light.
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