I
was fixing my lunch when I noticed a flock of seagulls agitated by
something - on closer inspection the reason there have not been very
many birds in the yard lately may not just be due to furry pets of
other people. There appears to be a bird of prey in the area...a red
kite!
Yes,
I realize it looks more like a tadpole, but I can assure you it is a
red kite! My next excursion was short and solo. I hiked to Mewsbrook
park in Rustington on the second Sunday of March. It was very windy,
and I just felt like getting out without shopping - and Liz was busy.
The
park has a few info boards about, as well as a lake with waterbirds,
gardens with butterflies and pigeons and smaller birds, and a cafe. I
used to come here as a child to the playpark area or to learn to row
a boat on the lake with my great Aunt Cora. It has changed a lot
since then - but has cheap coffee and is a place I can reach by foot.
I
noticed a sport of floating hut on the lake - with an accumulation of
twigs inside - and assume it is a nest. It seemed strange that the
hut was floating about, drifting around the lake at random...
Further
along, there was another one! This one had a moorhen sitting on the
porch platform though!! I am assuming someone put them there for the
birds to build nests in - but am not 100% sure, of course. It does
not show up very well - but the wood pigeons have made a nest in the
tree...
Mewsbrook Park looks cool. I love those little floating houseboats for the birds. The one with the pinkish ball makes me think of "The Prisoner." :D
ReplyDeletenot sure what prisoner you mean?
ReplyDeleteThe old TV series with Patrick McGoohan. Remember how the giant ball would grab him when he tried to escape? :D
ReplyDeleteum no - i didnt see that show.
ReplyDeleteIt was on in the late 60s, but it became kind of a cult thing in the 70s and 80s.
ReplyDeletesort of like Dr Who then...
ReplyDeleteKind of. It was kind of a surreal psychological spy thriller, though.
ReplyDeletei wasnt into spy shows....
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