Saturday 18 June 2016

Day 18 - 30 Days Wild - Beachcombing in Bognor

* Today's random act of wildness - Beachcombing *

Today we ventured to Bognor Regis to stay for a few days with Dan's dad for Father's Day. I was worried I wouldn't be able to do anything 'wild' but was surprised at the amount of rooks that were in the service station we stopped at. They were so confident walking in and out of the cars and sitting in the trees - they are lovely looking birds :)

Rook
Rook in the tree
It took us forever to get to Bognor from Swansea, but we eventually arrived around 3pm. After spending some time with Dan's dad we had a little walk on the beach to see what we could see.

Middleton on Sea is mainly a sand and shingle beach with encourages an array of birds from Oystercatcher to Sanderling - the weather wasn't that great and the only birds we saw were a few egrets, heron gulls and lots of starlings.

Egret
Egret eating seaweed
Starlings

Apart from the birds there were lots of interesting things among the pebbles including lots of Spider Crab shells and mermaid's purse.

Mermaid's Purse with other bits of wash up organic items
Whelk egg case
Lots of Spider crab shells
The beach with Butlins in the distance

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