After the mosses we took a trip up to Martin Mere, the Wildfowl Trust’s reserve close to Southport.
Tag: Species
Barn Owl
It feels as if I’m lucky when I visit the Lancashire mosses. Rarely do I fail to see the Barn Owl and more often than not it silently floats up to me before banking away down an adjacent drainage ditch. My brother, who photographed birds primarily in the era of film, has spent many hours watching without such fine sightings. He’s of a mind I keep one in the van and release it each time I visit!
Red Kites at Gigrin
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White (Leucistic) Kite at Gigrin Farm
The second set from the day at Gigrin, this time the ‘White’ Kite. It’s a fairly regular visitor to the feeding station at Gigrin and the correct term for these ‘whites is actually leucistic.
Black Kite at Gigrin Farm
The first of a short series from the Kites at Gigrin last week, beginning with the Black Kite.
Red, White (Leucistic) and Black Kite
Southerndown and Kenfig: A Defining Philosophy
Lancashire Coast and Mosses
The Lancashire Mosses
A Few More From December
Redwing
Scotland and ‘A New Beginning’
All About A Heron
At WWT Llanelli today running the intermediate photography/wildlife course. Wet but not at all cold.
10 Recent Images
I’ve been out and about to various parts of the country in the last week or so, and as always camera with me, without it you feel somehow undressed.
What Bird Did That?
Dolphin Survey With Sea Trust
I was out with Sea Trust yesterday on a dolphin survey trip to the Smalls. The weather was, at last, fine but with a fairly heavy residual swell from the last low of a couple of days ago. It made the photography pretty difficult early on, but as we passed the Smalls lighthouse it quietened down and conditions improved.
Close Portraits at Home Farm
Chiffchaff at Home Farm
A very ‘flitty’ Chiffchaff spent a good deal of this afternoon around the main hide at Home Farm.
Kingfisher Preening
I was at Home Farm the other day clearing and tidying around the hide. We’re also starting to feed the birds again.
