It's been a while so this is a bit of a hodge podge of things from the past couple of months. Life has been busy and eventful so my mind hasn't been on blogging and i've just realised I hadn't posted since August.
I had a trip to Blacktoft Sands at the beginning of November, it's been a while since we've been and the highlight was the long staying White-tailed Lapwing that was a lifer for me. It was a miserable day and we spent most of the time hiding from the rain in the various hides - no big hardship!
White-tailed Lapwing
Grey Heron
Dunlin
Kestrel
Woodpigeons
We had our first frost (and snow) recently and the woods looked beautiful.
A Heron landed on the house across from ours early one morning and stopped a while, it's always odd to see such a large bird on a roof.
In the garden we've had young Hedgehogs, young Coal Tits, Blue Tits, Long-tailed Tits amongst others. It does mean we've seen more of the Sparrowhawk as there have been so many birds around. Late summer early autumn meant young Chiffchaff and Willow Warblers passing through the garden almost daily, often with the Tit flocks.
Young Woodpigeon
Sparrowhawk
Chiffchaff
Long-tailed Tits
We had an exciting garden first too with a Jay making a couple of appearances, I've barely seen them at all around town the past couple of years so to get one in the garden was brilliant.
Our first snow of winter came at the end of November and of course I can't resist taking as many photos of it as possible, it can make nearly anything look pretty and we don't get it as often these days so we need to make the most of it.
Hopefuly it won't be as long until the next post.
The snow is so pretty...the shot of the squirrel is precious...and good you got to see the Lapwing. Good to see you post. Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sondra :)
DeleteGreat to see a post from you Pam :) Lovely snowy photos and frosty photos in the wood. Well done on the lifer - good species to "tick" - I've certainly never seen one!
ReplyDeleteThanks Caroline, we had some good views of the Lapwing from a couple of different hides so it was well worth the visit!
DeleteGood to see you "resurface", Pam. Life does get in the way of blogging sometimes, doesn't it? That's an impressive lifer, one not likely to be repeated any time soon. Your winter wonderland looks very beautiful. We have snow here now, but the weather is predicted to get unseasonably warm so it's unlikely to be on the ground for long. Take good care. All the best for the season. David
ReplyDeleteThanks David and to you and yours. Our snow is long gone and we're back to dull cloud and fog at the moment!
DeleteLovely photos of the water birds and your garden birds too. You've had some different and unusual visitors. The squirrels have dug up and taken all the winter aconite bulbs we put in:( Great to see the chiff chaff and the jay:)
ReplyDeleteThanks Rosie, those Squirrels can be a little annoying!
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