Monday 17 August 2009

Monday 17 August 2009

14:30 Sunny intervals, 18 o C. Wind W 12mph. Humidity 78%. Pressure 1013mB. Visibility good. High tide today 21:37 8.20m.

Lock gates closed.

Feeling much warmer today without the strong, gusty winds of the last few days.


It has been a rare privilege to watch the terns fishing in the dock basin this summer, at times just a few metres away. It's not often one gets such a close look.




The gulls in the dock basin are almost invariably black-headed gulls. The other gulls fly and circle overhead, but land there only occasionally, usually when the gates are open.



In the dock basin today
Black-headed gull x 50
Common gull x 2
Common tern x 2
Coot x 2
Mallard x 15
Swallow x 5

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