Ahhh Southport...

Well I managed to get out for a days birding over to Marshside, it was so nice to get back to the usual grounds after a break, I started off the day in Sandgrounders Were as always I started snapping away at the summering Avocets, these must be pictures 1 million and 2 and 3 in my Avocet album, such a beautiful and recognisable bird, I cant stop taking pictures of them,







Once I had finished taken pictures of the Avocets I turned my attentions to the swallows shooting over the surface of the water catching flies and coming down for the occasional drink as I started to photograph them a covering of cloud started to encroach over the marsh, so this proved rather tricky;







After this I headed down to Nels hide which was quite quiet, a photogenic Godwit and a flying Shelduck were the only things to attract the attentions of my camera;









After a short stay in Nels, I headed around the sand plant to see what I could find, lot of little birds knocking around but the skylarks and Meadow Pipits were the stars of the show;





Well thank you for looking at my blog, please feel free to leave any comments that you like,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Stoatally New RRS and a Little Bit of Spooning...

Well, it's been a while since my last post and there's a few new things, I have given my blog an RSS feed so for all you who have an RSS reader on your computer or mobile phone etc. paste in the link below and get alerts when I post an updates

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Well I have been spending quite a lot of time around my local area recently due to rising fuel cost and my dwindling funds but I have managed to get out from time time, a few weeks back now I took a trip out Martin Mere for the day, which proved to be quite rewarding;

First thing I headed down Curlew Lane to see if I could catch up with a few of the regulars, on my way down I came across a cracking little Corn Bunting on one of its favourite perches;



After a 10 minuet wait the other regular turned up and today it decided to land relatively close to the car rather than a blob the other side of a plowed field which it what you usually see, a beautiful yellow Wagtail, a bird that when I see it I always feel that I am seeing something very special;







After this great start I headed into Martin Mere were this just got better, one of the first sights that I was greeted with was this little critter that I spotted dragging an almost fully grown Woodpigeon chick across the path in front of me, stopping in the grass to see if I was a threat I took the opportunity to snap him or her up;



continuing into In Focus I was disappointed find out that the recent spoonbill hadn't been sighted for the past two day but as I was stood there engrossed in conversation my dad gave out a shout, Spoon...Spoon... Spoonbill, as we had been stood there, a pair in full breeding plumage, possible the pair that had been spotted up and down the Douglas, I Like to think that I got a few nice shots and I hope that you agree, either way they are better than my first picture (see earlier on my Blog);

















Well I know that the posts aren't coming as thick and fast as I had hoped but I'd like to thank all those that how keep looking at my blog.

I hope that you like this blog,

Thanks Always Lee Harrison.

It's That Time Of Year...Spring Part 2...

In my mind, its not just the birds singing and the lambs gambling that lets you know that spring is here, for me it's the over powering smell of Hawthorn marinated with essence of garlic drifting through the woodlands, the first Orchid of the summer and spotting the smaller changes in nature, the iridescent blue Damsel flies darting around the ponds, Butterflies and moths starting to emerge and the first dragon fly of the year always excites me.... Ahhh the little things in life;

Here I have put together a series of pictures that I Like to think shows the smaller side of spring, I hope that you like them...




The first sign of spring..



This is my favourite plant picture that I took in the last few weeks, I particularly like the contrast between the light and dark


Here are my favorite insect and butterfly pictures that I have taken...






This is a picture that I have wanted to and have been waiting to take for a long time, the Green Hairstreak is a butterfly that I have always wanted to see and on a beautiful day was 3 weekends ago I came across this little beauty whist on my local patch as well which was a bonus...


Well I hope that you like this blog, and that it lies you with a nice spring feeling,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.