Bean

I'd already planned to cycle over to Mum's, in Topsham, after work this afternoon. She's recovering from another hip operation. In and out of hospital in ten hours at the age of nearly eighty. Amazing! When Mark's text pinged through I stuck the bins and camera in the rucksack and popped in to see this Tundra Bean Goose at Dart's Farm, which is on the way. It wasn't terribly close but good to see all the same, partnered up with a Greylag Goose. Odd to see one in June but not unprecedented - I remember finding a May bird, on Bowling Green, years ago. Really nice to meet Phil this afternoon and good, as always, to see Bob. Thanks of course to Mark for the text.
On the way home I had a quick look at Goosemoor, where an adult Mediterranean Gull and my first juvenile Black-headed Gull of the summer were noted. At least 1 Dark-bellied Brent Goose is still summering off Mudbank. No doubt the other bird was close-by.

This white Black Horehound is growing at Lower Halsdon Farm, beside the cycle track. Below, growing beside the white, is what Black Horehound usually looks like...

And below - an archive photo from 2020 - a little better than the above.