Saturday 22nd February 2020. 0745 – 0840

10 mm of rain in gauge. 60% cloud cover increasing to full cloud cover with drizzle. NE wind 10-15 knots. Track damp. Wet in part with muddy puddles. Grass cut yesterday.

Checked weather forecast on line and set off ASAP as outlook for rest of day poor. Made it to 50 metres from home before drizzle started. Probably the least productive day since I started Platypus Patrol but halo shining brightly. Thomas also looking proud although we would have been home dry if we had not had to wait for him along the lane!
No Water Dragons. No Possums of any variety. No Platypus. Occasional Turtles in water.
First photograph of a Spectacled Monarch taken along the Narrows and had to be quick to get it.
Bush Stone-curlews in Paddock but all with feathers puffed out and sitting as Mum would say “like croupy hens”. The pair of Curlews at the Car Park looked much the same so assume that they were all anticipating inclement weather.
We’ll wait and see what tomorrow brings!

Spectacled Monarch. Symposiachrus trivirgatus

One of a group along The Narrows. Looks rather bedraggled and either a juvenile or windswept.

Bush Stone-curlew. Burhinus grallarius

Certainly not looking as enthusiastic to greet this morning.
I might have to put on a jumper later myself!