This is a quiet, peaceful campsite, right next to the beach. The sand is golden and very clean, and the beaches are long and deserted. We had a good walk this morning turning left from the gate to the beach and going along the shore then following the nature reserve footpath. The reserve includes the river and estuary next to the campsite and goes back inland. Part of it is an animal park, so, as at Longleat, we peered through fences and a gate at an emu, some deer, and some impressively horned cattle.
The shop at the site provided lunch; chorizo, smoked ham, cheese, pickles, good bread and a sweet pastry. Also wine, for Himself, at 1 Euro 20, later judged to be perfectly acceptable under the 'why pay more?' heading.
The rules of the site include:
Rule 6. Visitors 'must make goog use of all instalations'. We hope we don't fall foul of that one.
Rule 10. The person who violates the above mentioned regulations has abandon de camp site immediately.
The afternoon walk took us the other way along the sandy seashore. There are interesting rough rocky outcrops and small rocky islands just offshore. One of these islands was home to a colony of cattle egrets, some on their nests, others standing on watch. There were probably 50 or so altogether.
Non-birders look away here. Apart from the cattle egrets, good birds include ... black kite, little egret, black tailed godwit, curlew, ringed plover, dunlin, turnstone, yellow legged gull, and a tern (sorry, no idea which, but lovely to watch).
Himself was very taken with an orchid which needs to be identified so we will go back tomorrow to find a better specimen. It was on one of the rocky hillocks which was chock full of interesting plants and flowers, so it will be Him on his knees looking down and me with my bins looking up, again.
We bought wifi for the week so will be able to blog and email.
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