Every so often we are lucky enough to be visited by a Great Crested Grebe.
This chap was seen on 18th March 2010, soon after the Sospan had done a dredge. Presumably it released some tasty morsels in Eastbourne’s outer harbour.
Great Crested Grebe
Lucky the cat is a feline celebrity around Sovereign Harbour. Often wandering from North to South, in and out of the Waterfront. But he gets tired and looks for a comfy place to catnap. Unfortunately for JoJo the dog it was her bed and she didn’t like it. Like Lucky cared!!
It’s just as well I like to live beside the seaside because with the stormy weather the past few days I thought I’d be in it.
With high tides and strong gales Eastbourne marina’s outer seawall breakwaters have been tested.
As the photo I took yesterday below shows, the waves were having a great time hitting the breakwaters…
It’s been a busy few days here in Eastbourne’s premier marina – especially if you, like me, are a fan of wildlife.
If the harbour seal wasn’t enough excitement, the heron’s long awaited return added to the anticipation. Then, he reappeared this morning, twice in three days – what a treat!
In an earlier blog post I wrote about seeing a heron in one of the locks at Eastbourne’s Sovereign Marina around midnight.
I’ve kept my eyes open since then and it’s taken a while but early yesterday another heron was standing statuesque in the outer harbour at low tide.
Residents and visitors to Eastbourne’s outer marina were in for a treat this weekend – if they were patient that is! For if they looked closely, they may have noticed a small head and two dark eyes staring back at them from the sea.
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Well, there’s a pride of lions, a pod of whales, even a university of owls, but Eastbourne’s Sovereign Harbour has been blessed with a
The most I’ve counted at one time is 12, and the photo below has 10…
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Imagine my surprise last night!
It’s just after midnight and it was my turn to take JoJo the dog on her last constitutional of the day.
We were walking across the Locks towards Key West, where the lock closest to the Bermuda Place flats was empty for maintenance.
Something caught my eye, down there in the mud at the bottom of the lock. My heart raced though JoJo was too busy sniffing a patch of grass.
Then it took off; it’s wingspan seemingly too wide to enable it to safely get out. But with a graceful circle in the lock it came around and flew off.
It was a heron, obviously looking for a late-night fishy snack.
This is the third post relating to a dive I did in North Marina a few weeks ago and this time I’m going to show you one of the harbour’s most common marine species, although it’s also the one with the funniest name…
Here’s a photo of a couple of them:
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Sea Squirt in North Harbour |
Following on from a previous post here’s your chance to go underwater and see what’s it’s like in North Harbour.
The photo below shows one of around 30 starfish that I swam over during my dive:
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One of Many Starfish in North Harbour |
