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This is Portelet Bay one if the best bays in the Island. It sits on the south coast between Noirmont Point and Ouaisne Bay. There are alot of steps going down to the bay but it is worth it. On the island in the middle of the bay is Janvrin’s Tomb. The gorse flowers all year round but in summer it really shows you how lovely it is in the summer sun. The picture on the left was taken from the headland of Noirmont.

I am having trouble uploading photos and i was wondering if the site is being updated or something like that which is making it unable to do that.

Can you let me know if something like that is going on. Thanks. 

This is Green Island Beach which is on the south eastern coast of the Island. The little summer house gives it an oriental flavour i think. It is called Green Island because there is a very small island of earth and stone with prehistoric remains on it and the top of this island has grass growing on it. I shall put a photo up later on of the small island.

I see most of what Stuart Syvret has been saying is coming true. I for one do believe him and the other people who speak out and got the sack. It is showing just how corrupt our inner government is along with the establishment, i hope all the truth comes out and then the Island can get back to being honest .

Well i have planted some Jersey Royals and put some plastic over them. Last year i only plant about 15 tubers and had quite alot of spuds which tasted a bit better than the shop ones. I do not use any fertilizer only the compost that i make from household waste and leaves. I grow runner beans every year and they do well, they also shade the sun from the rabbit and guinea pig enclosure during the hot  summer weather ( when we get some ). Shall have to renew quite a few plants because of the cold weather we had during the winter. Roll on summer.

This is a photo of the waterfall inside one of the caves that are found on Plemont Beach on the north coast of the Island. It is a very clean beach because the tide covers it every tide and the waves are normal really good. Children love the beach because of the caves. Don’t forget to click on photo to enlarge.

The new bird hide is well under construction it is over looking the sand pits at the Five Mile Road. When they will start the other hide i do not know and if they will put one back in it’s place of the one they dismantled over looking the pond. There is a wide range of birds that come to the sand pits and i suppose one of the main birds is the Sand Martin which nests in the top part of the sand banks.

This is a view from the centre of the Birdhide at St. Ouen’s Pond. It is surprising that not too many people realise that it is there. People will stand at the top of the bank amongst the tall grass, if they were to walk another 8ft forward they would see the hide on their left. The hide that was taken down on the south side of the pond is going to be re-sited all new timber etc and it will be higher and a much bigger field of view when it is finished. There will also be a new hide built in the Sand Working Pit which will give a very good view of the Sand Martin and all of the different kinds of birds that visit the area all year round.

While being in the bird hide at St. Ouen’s Pond a fellow bird watcher showed me a photo he had taken the day before. He said “I just could not believe my eyes for the size of this bird as it shot by the hide. I know it was a bird of prey but not the Marsh Harrier”.

After studying the photo along with another person we all went home. I looked up the bird in my books and came to the opinion that it was a “Rough-Legged Buzzard”.

Went to the hide today and the other person was there waiting to see if he could see this mystery bird and i mentioned that i thought it was this Buzzard and he said, “I came to that conclusion too”.

 So we are waiting to see if Mike  Stentiford will mention it in his blog in the Jersey Evening Post this weekend or next. In the mean time i shall be going to see if i can get a photo of this Buzzard or better yet a video.

Well the waiting is over and it was a “Hen Harrier” the photo looked like the bird was bigger but funny enough the Hen Harrier is smaller than the Marsh Harrier so mystery over.

This is “Bonne Nuit Harbour”  ( good night ) it is on the North Coast . On the west side is the Harbour and to the east is “La Crete Fort”. The boats that harbour here are mostly small fishing boats with other boats big enough to go across to France which you can see from the North coast of Jersey. La Crete Fort is one of the “Jersey Heritage” sites that you can stay in for a holiday. The two main places which people go to from Bonne Nuit in France are “Carteret” and “Portbail” and of course the “Ecrehous” lie between Jersey and France so they are visited on many occasions for a day out but having said that people go to France just for a day out. The French open markets are very good and interesting. There two other little harbours like Bonne Nuit going towards the east of the island around the coast which i shall be posting in the future. All along the North Coast is a footpath for ramblers with great views. In the photo below you can see La Crete Fort it is on the first piece of land that sticks out into the sea.