It's hard to see against the light coming through the porthole, but it's a wren. He must have been in the boat all night, having snuck in sometime yesterday when the bow doors and Houdinis were wide open.
After Sheila had taken the photo, I opened the bow doors and side hatches and gently encouraged him to fly away, which he did with some reluctance. Where he was hiding all yesterday evening and night, goodness knows, but wrens are famously inconspicuous. They are one of the commonest but least seen of our wild birds.
It was a short trip today, just 90 minutes to Alvecote where we plan to eat at the Samuel Barlow tonight. The mooring is much less peaceful than last night's, what with the trains whistling along nearby and the woofing from a pair of GSDs on the pair of boats tied opposite, but we hope that the food and beer will make it all worthwhile.
:P
2 comments:
Glad to see that you cannot get from the bridge by Grendon dock to the Samuel Barlow in the "under 60 minutes cruising", either. The sign advertising the SB at that bridge always seems very optimistic!
Des Barnard
We have wrens in the garden and what they lack in size they make up for in noise! Their song is so strident - I don't know how they manage it :-)
Glad you got it out safely...
Sue, nb Indigo Dream
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