A quick lunchtime visit to Chard Reservoir today failed again to produce the much wanted year tick of Sand Martins. So I settled for some shameless 'blog filling' photos instead.

Lesser-Black Backed Gulls

Moorhen

Continuing with the filling theme on checking my diary I noted that on the 16th of April last year (which was a Saturday) I was at Tucker's Malting's Beer Festival in Newton Abbot and happily this Saturday coming I'll be there again.