I went down to the beach as it promised to be a wonderful sunrise today and I was not disappointed.
As the sun rose it took on a weird shape that I haven't seen before, not circular or semi-circular, and looking like it had chunks cut out either side. Then it went all atom bomb mushroom cloud!
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| No enhancements just straight off the camera |
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| You can see Bikini Atoll from here |
The sun cast a golden glow over everything, including a drying-out cormorant.
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| Sunrise reflected in Hornsea's windows |
Over at The Mere the number of
Scaup had increased to 5 but I never managed to get them all in one photo.
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| Goldeneye, Scaup and Tufted Duck off 1st field |
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| Scaup and Tufted Duck |
Little Grebes were swimming just off the shore and seeing 6 altogether here was unusual, at least in my experience of The Mere.
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| 6 Little Grebe off 1st field |
...and 6
Whooper Swans flew off to the north, leaving 2 behind on Swan Island.
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| Whooper Swans heading north-ish |
In second field there were 3
Redwing and a
Mistle Thrush along with about 12
Blackbirds. The
Barnacle Goose herd of over 100 birds was in the newly sown crop field south of third field/Snipe Grounds and I counted 107 individuals, although there were some hidden by the undulating ground. A
Yellowhammer was singing in the warm sunshine and it felt more like spring than autumn.
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