Thursday 222nd March (Springtime Promises and a New Bicycle)


Mr. Kite looked out of his bedroom window into a cloudy sky. In the east the sun was rising and the wood pigeons were softly 'twooooing'.

Today Mr. Kite is the proud owner of a new Dawes Horizon. This machine will take Mr. Kite on many nature watching adventures. Now that spring is here Mr. Kite is fully equipped to make the most of his time bird-watching and enjoying the sights and sounds of the natural world.

With graves to attend and some visiting Mr. Kite did not have too much time to watch birds. But in the graveyard at Morville Church Mr. Kite listening to chaffinch, robins and great tits.

Late in the afternoon The Beast was taken for a gentle trip to Monkmoor Lagoon and the River Severn looking for sand martins. Now Mr. Kite should have seen these migrants last week but although he searched and searched he did not spot one little blighter.

So would Mr. Kite watch one of these fly over Monkmoor Lagoon or the River Severn? Firstly Mr. Kite sat in a hide and scanned the lagoon; not one sand martin. Then onto the River Severn for a thirty minute watch over the river banks; still not one sand martin. Lastly back to the hide. Would Mr. Kite see a sand martin?

The answer is no. So Mr. Kite returned home for a tipple of Guiness. Cheers; where are the sand martins?