I have been away for the weekend with my band the Lympstone South West Telecoms Band. We were in Slapton in South Devon which just happens to be a great place for birds with a nice bit of sea, a wide shingle beach and of course the freshwater Ley.  This is literally across the road from the seashore. I asked the guys giving me a lift if they fancied a look at the beach as we had arrived early. Guess what? It was really worthwhile because as we pulled in to the car park in really bright sunny conditions I immediately caught sight of a Diver species in the surf. I quickly got my camera and managed to get a few shots of it before it moved out away from the beach. After I had looked carefully at the pictures I identified it as a Red Throated Diver in winter plumage of course. I have to say I was very pleased, another new species for the year and for saying I wasn't on a bird watching day a real bonus. I didn't have time to stay for longer than 10 minutes or so but it had been really worthwhile.

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