There's not been a lot of birding in Dorktown at all for some time now. We had hoped to get some done over last week when we travelled to Blackpool for a few days off. The idea was to look at Leighton Moss and Bolton-le-Sands over one day; to get round to have a look at Marten Mere, the lake that Blackpool gets its name from; Rossal was another place we wanted to have a look at; and finally on the way home on Saturday we had hoped to head off along the coast road to Southport for Marshside and finish off at Martin Mere the WWT site. Oh dear ...
It was raining heavily when we arrived at Leighton Moss and as we need to use our scooters for getting around, that one got scrubbed after a cuppa in the cafe upstairs. Arriving in Morecambe though it had brightened up a good deal and we got a good(ish) list of the usual waders there. We didn't get to Marten Mere at all. Rossall was OK but we didn't see anything special; we also went there the day before the Fleetwood Birder's (http://fleetwoodbirder.blogspot.com/2011/09/low-key-autumn-morning.html) mate Ian found an Ortolan bunting there!
Saturday morning we got up and had breakfast and packed the car in the rain so Southport was out and we headed off home without doing a lot of the birding we had planned and hoped for. Ah well ... maybe again later when we are looking at going down to Minsmere, stopping a night in Great Yarmouth and the drive the coast road along to Cley, Titchwell and so on.
Now then, we all know just how violent we birders can get at times ;-))) Well, my first book called The Mission will be soon released on Amazon and Kindle. It's main baddie is a birder who goes around murdering folks - including birders! I'll let you know when it's released.
