Mixed Bag...

Here we go, a mixed bag of many different pictures and insects, which of some I don't know what they are so if anyone has any ideas, Please Let me know...

hope you like them:-

Spider
?

Tachina fera


Green leaf hopper

7 spot ladybird

Least underwing

Green-bottle
Lesser Marsh Grasshopper I think

Little fly?
I hope that you like the pics,
Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Happy Birthday To Me...

It's my birthday and I'm not a teenager anymore :( Yes 20 at last... I guess it's all down hill from here, oh well.

A Little Egret But A Lot of Writing... Please Read...

Well it's not quite the same as the Great White Egret that I spotted over at Southport last Thursday but still a wonderful bird... I had to get that in as I was the first one to see it lol...

Yes that's right the Little Egret, such a wonderful bird to have in this country, I remember about 10 year ago if not more I was at Fairhaven Lake with my family and a Little Egret had turned up at Freckleton Marsh and this was considered a BIG tick and many people when to see it. That was my first encounter and now I can't go out the sea side reserves without seen one.
This memory excites me a lot because of how quick they have inhabited our country. When I think back, not just over my life time but even further, I see other examples of this, a bird that we all take for advantage and is breathtakingly beautiful, if you just stop and look at it, the Collared Dove, there everywhere and most people get sick of them but this bird only came into Britain in the 1950s and now you see them every day. The Avocet I have seen this change in the last 20 years if not 10, they have spread more that anyone could have expected, 40 year ago you had to get a boat out to a remote island off Norfolk to have a chance of seen them but now we can just wait for this gorgeous bird to come to us.

This excites me because I want to know what's next, my prediction would be the Spoonbill, not common just yet but sighting are getting easier every year, last year building false nests, I'm not sure but they could have nested this year, and what's after that the Cattle Egret maybe, possibly even the Great White and then what I can't wait to find out, maybe some of the smaller birds a Greenish or Yellow browed Warbler, Gulls, Harriers... Who Knows?

The history of birds is so exciting but the future is something else...

Right I'll eventually get to some pictures... I hope that you like them after all that:-


This is an area that I am very interested in. I hope that you had time to read the above, as I would be very interested to hear your opinions on what birds you think might come next or if you have any examples of birds that have inhabited this country,
So please let me know what your thoughts are by clicking comments under this post and leaving your ideas,
Thanks Always Lee Harrison.

Back To The Dragons...

As my last attempt didn't turn out as well as I had hope, I recently took advantage of an opportunity I had to photograph a few Common Darters and a Migrant Hawker.

I hope that you like them:-

Migrant Hawker

Common Darter
Well I hope that you like the pics,
thanks always Lee Harrison.

Hawthorn Shield Bug...

I recently spent half an hour out on a dinner break, scouring a local hedgerow in search of beetles, bug and insects, which didn't really throw anything up except these little crackers. A small group of Hawthorn Shield Bugs, a first for me but hopefully not a last.

Hope that you like the pictures:-





Well I hope that you like these pictures, thanks for having a look and I hope that you stop by again,

Thanks Always Lee Harrison

I Suppose I'll Settle For A Good Result...

Well I had another day up at Heysham yesterday, trying to connect with my new obsession of the Med Gull, I have always loved gulls, I find them fascinating for some some reason and lately I have been stuck by envy when a few people I know had fantastic views of a moulting adult Sabine's Gull off New Brighton, a bird that I have always wanted to see.


But still I'm sure that there will always be other opportunities. I hope.
Anyway the adult still managed to elude me but I managed to get a few nice shots of the Juvenile, hope you like them...


Well this was the closest thing I got to an adult... a 3cy gull, still looking good


Well I hope that you like these, I'm quite happy with this selection,
During the writing of this blog I noticed that this Juv. gull was suporting a very stylish leg ring, no number is visble on any of my shots but I thought that this shot below may let someone ID it,
If you know anything please get in touch with my

thanks always Lee Harrison.

I'm Never Disappointed With a Sandwich... Yum...


Well I had another day out at Heysham today in hope of getting some better shots of the Mediterranean Gull that proved tricky last time... I did manage to find the same bird but it only lasted about 2 minute before been blown away by the hurricane force winds, so I didn't get any more pictures but I wasn't to be disappointed...

Just a short walk down the front, I came across a Sandwich Tern fishing right by the walkway proving to be very photogenic, which was soon to be joined by 2 Arctic Terns including 1 juvenile that ran me round in circles as I thought it was a black tern when it first flew by but I wasn't disappointed with an Arctic because it was a new tick for me.

Arctic Tern
Sandwich Tern
Well I no some of the Arctic terns leave a lot to be Desired but I like them so I hope you do to,
Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Mediterranean Adventure...

Well this might not be exactly what you expect... No I've not been on holiday, I've been to Heysham, to try and photograph a Mediterranean Gull as they a seen frequently here, a place where I've never been before but will definitely be returning to in the near future.


I was very impress by the place and I managed to fine my desired species in the form of an adult in non-breeding plumage and a juvenile 2nd phase winter, both birds were very co-operative but for no other reason than the low light and ME probably been the more important one... the pics didn't come out as well as I'd liked but as this was my first attempt I thought I'd post them anyway. I hope that you like them...

Adult Med. Gull (Non-breeding)

Juvenile Med Gull (2 phase)


Well I hope that you like the pics I'm going to finish off with another picture that I took at Heysham, its not a gull but I like it lol...


Juvenile Wheatear

Thanks always Lee Harrison.