Happy Christmas....

Well first of all I would like to say a massive happy Christmas to all the views of this blog and I truly hope that you have had a wonderful time but it's not over yet, with the new year approaching a frightening speed many good times, feasts and beverages are yet to be had.

I have managed to get out a few times over the Christmas period, what with all the university work handed in and work finished for a short while I made a break for but unfortunately with all the other activities that happen at this time of year I've not had chance to update so there should be three blogs posed in quick succession if all goes well.

he first place that I ventured to was the remote wilderness of the Mere... Martin Mere that is, I want feeling to adventurous; generally it was quite quiet with the usually few million Pinkies, masses of Pintale and a few hundred Whoopers with all the other bits and bobs that you'd expect but this gave me a chance to settle down and take a few shots, I hope that you like them:-

"I thought this was a very interesting photograph, it shows the comparison between the old and the new bird, the older bird to the left will have been on the lake for at least a week and is very clean, although the newer bird to the right still has the peat stained plumage from the lakes of there summering grounds, (after a shot time this will get washed off in our clearer water but this is a good way to tell when they came in)"

"A few close up shots"

"I know that there not all Whoopers but I thought that a couple of flight shots wouldn't go a-miss "


"last but not lease this sunset, I sat watching the swans until the sun was no more, something I love to do, I feel that the true beauty of nature come out in the evening, the light sepia tones reflecting off there feathers, long shadows reaching across the landscape and the shy personalities showing more than ever "

I hope that you liked this blog,

thanks always Lee Harrison.

A Shore Thing.... or Not....

Well I had a day out last Friday, in hope of seeing the Shore lark that had been reported the day before, this was the fourth time that I had been out to try and see this bird, "I must see it this time, I can't be that unlucky" I thought but no, I set the alarm for some ungodly winter hour called 6 o'clock, it was pitch black but this meant that I was treated to a very special sunrise, which I took the opportunity to photograph;



On arrival, there was one other birder there looking for the Shorelark but he'd had no luck. Within 10 minuets of I came across a flock of 30+ Twite feeding between the pools on the car park, it didn't quite make up for no shore lark but it was a nice treat,




a little further along the path, I came across the same flock of Twite but this time having a bath, so I thought I'd do a bit of an experimental piece, hope you like it...

appart from these there was very little about, no sign or reports of the Lapland bunting that had apparently been seen the day before and know one had seen the Snow Buntings that were in the area but not to be put off I tried to photograph some of the easier species around the sand lakes,

Well I hope that you like the blog, something a little different,

Thanks always lee Harrison.