February to date - 97 miles
Year to date - 266 miles
Well it's been wet all over the country and although we've been rained on a lot, my heart goes out to those friends in Calderdale whose homes and businesses have been flooded yet again. The ongoing flood defence work is still in progress but has been overtaken by events.
Here, the Mere water level is the highest I've seen it, though I don't have much history to look back on as we only arrived over here in 2011. The boat house is nearly surrounded by water but the part between it and the cafe is still OK.
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| Hornsea Mere boat house Monday 17 Feb |
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| Boat house today, Tue 18 Feb |
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| Kirkholme Point with eroding turf disappearing |
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| Flood water doesn't normally obey signs |
The two Long-tailed that are usually to be seen around the boat jetties are not hanging around them at the moment, mainly because the jetties are under water. One LTD has been seen over by Swan Island.
I walked on the cliffs to the south yesterday morning and the lack of birds is noticable. A pair of Skylarks were flitting about in the strong wind in a half-hearted attempt to pair up.
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| Skylark showing a nice crest on south cliff |
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| Skylark |
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| Skylark |
Down on the promenade the 5 Turnstones that are to be seen daily were still there.
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| Turnstones |
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| Turnstone |
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| Turnstone getting even closer |
They came right up to the camera so eventually I couldn't focus on them with the 400mm lens.
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