tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post5157322939218921377..comments2024-03-29T08:37:59.411+00:00Comments on Not Quite Scilly: Questing On...Gavin Haighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-23336418102576158752019-11-09T10:25:16.409+00:002019-11-09T10:25:16.409+00:00The steep hill beyond the stream best fits the Fre...The steep hill beyond the stream best fits the Freshwater Holiday Park, and the site is big enough that it could well have been a bit of a walk to the sea. I've had a few migs in the scrub along the side of that hill, but nothing better than Pied Fly yet. Early days.<br /><br />You're so right about this being a stunning part of the world. Cycling the local countryside I sometimes just stop to look around and soak up the scenery. And pinch myself!Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-54099982044265260382019-11-09T07:38:23.224+00:002019-11-09T07:38:23.224+00:00I think it must be the inland one, I think it was ...I think it must be the inland one, I think it was a bit of a walk to the sea, but this was nearly 40 years ago! The stream with the Water Voles would have been the eastern boundary of the campsite & there was quite a steep hill just beyond it. I think I've got photos of the Water Voles somewhere taken on a box brownie or something - they're not very good! This would have been in August but I'm sure the harrier had a big white rump patch. Its a stunning part of the world, you're very lucky to have it as a local patch!Dave Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770209962746151815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-55225312356683800782019-11-07T10:44:47.068+00:002019-11-07T10:44:47.068+00:00I'm intrigued now Dave. There are two that I c...I'm intrigued now Dave. There are two that I can think of, Freshwater Holiday Park, which has a beach, leisure centre with ten-pin bowling etc, and Graston Copse Holiday Park, a little bit inland. Both have the River Bride running along their boundaries. It would be nice to think there are still water voles, but I'd be surprised. Ringtail harrier is a bit gripping! Whatever species, it would be a patch tick for me :-)<br />Thanks for your comment.Gavin Haighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17242398421328525578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-824385241230348874.post-48749362902723457122019-11-06T22:40:30.953+00:002019-11-06T22:40:30.953+00:00When I was 11 we had a family holiday at Burton Br...When I was 11 we had a family holiday at Burton Bradstock, never been back since but some of my favourite childhood memories are from the campsite there - there was a little stream that was full of Water Voles, I can still remember seeing Stonechats & Whitethroats & a lesser Whitethroat (wouldn't guarantee that record now!), we went to Radipole a couple of times, which was the most amazing place I'd ever been to - even though I had been to Staines Reservoir a few times by then, and I can still picture a ringtail harrier I had early one morning glide down the valley & land on a fence postDave Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02770209962746151815noreply@blogger.com