Tuesday 8 September 2015

Happy Dipping at Lyme Regis

Had a great day at Lyme Regis and what made the day was the Dipper :-)  We had coffee at The Town Mill http://www.townmill.org.uk/  and on our way out going over a bridge we saw the Dipper in the river (if you can call it a river)  Malcolm, who seems to have an eagle eye, spotted it first and I manage to quickly get a few pictures of it, first time I have seen a Dipper and never expected to see one here in the South especially in a coastal town. 
 
View of the Cob

 
The Dipper





This seagull stole four sachets of different sauces from a table nearby, it swallowed two, the other two it had dropped which I picked up and dumped them in the bin before it ate anymore.  Maybe this seagull can survive on sachets of sauces, maybe its digestive juices can breake down the plastic wrapping.  Fortunately, the juvenile did not get fed with these sachets, it got tired of begging and flew off.

4 comments:

Richard Pegler said...

It seems like a very un-Dipper like location, Linda. A great find nevertheless.

I fear for that Gull's wellbeing. I'm not sure that any animal can digest plastics. Well done you for taking the rest of it away.

Best wishes - - - Richard

Linda Yarrow said...

Hi Richard, I was surprised to see the Dipper, there are some in the South West according to the RSPB website.

Roy Norris said...

Fantastic to get the Dipper Lyn, well done. Great images.
Another bird I have never seen.

Linda Yarrow said...

Thankyou Roy. It was wonderful to see the Dipper, so surprised to see it.