A million miles away from my normal interests were a group of Zulu children in St David's today doing a sing and dance routine. They are both on holiday and raising money for their school. They were brill - their strong voives defeating cars, buses and tractors
After a few months indoors it was wonderful to be off shore again on our first trip offshore with Thousand Islands. Grassholm Gannets spectacular as ever also on the Island Raven, Peregrine falcon, an unprecedented number of Guillemot and good numbers of Kittiwake. At sea lots of puffins, Manx shearwater An Arctic skua, Storm petrel etc. Also one small pod of Common dolphin
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What a wonderful day on Ramsey today. It is such a lovely Island. Blue Skies lots of birds, Buzzard, Chough, Raven, Larks, Pipits, Goldfinches, Stonechats, Fulmars the list goes on. Plus seals and, I saw my first Ramsey Vole as well as a small Lizard fancying his chances with my Ham Sandwich!
Today was a special day in the history of the St David’s RNLI
The new Tamar boat arrived - she will work alongside the existing Tyneside boat 'Garside' until the new lifeboat station for the larger new boat is built. We were privileged to see the launch of the existing boat (Garside) and spot on 4.30 as planned arrival of the new Tyneside class boat.
A fall off a pair of steps onto a concrete step at the end of Feb has left me effectively house bound with cracked ribs and bones in shoulder. Ribs now OK but shoulder – wow. Today was lovely to be out early to see four Gargany just outside St David’s following yesterdays sighting of up to 20 Golden Plover in summer dress and a brief sighting of a Female Marsh harrier on St Davids Airfield
Thanks to Paul St Pierre and Dave Astins for keeping us up to date with the sighting
