It has been a long time with the covid situation that we have felt inclined to take a holiday. We booked a few days ay Lynmouth as we had not been there before. I really debated with myself whether or not to take my camera. I felt that perhaps we should have a different few days. I was really glad that I did though. The town is right on the edge of Exmoor and the Rivers East and West Lyn meet there. When rivers meet the sea they usually form broad muddy estuaries that attract lots of waders. In this case however the rivers cascade down off Exmoor through steep side ravines. You get birds of clear mountain streams. I was happy to spend a little time with these especially the Dippers that were a regular sight.
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| A Dipper probing for invertebrates |
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| Dipper at the bottom a waterfall |
I really enjoyed capturing these images especially getting such a low level view. As this is a mountain stream environment you get as expected Grey Wagtails.
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| Grey Wagtail searching for small creatures on a waterfall |
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Rock Pipit in a small harbour
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This Rock Pipit was always in the harbour when the tide was out. Here it has got a juicy looking worm.
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| Along the trail with the camera looking out for Dippers! |
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| The beach |
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| Frances at the harbour` |
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| Lobster Pots |
That was a great few days and hopefully has started us getting in the holiday mode.
Lynmouth is a really beautiful place!
