I'm back continued...

Well as I couldn't fit all my lables on one post, I've had to over run onto two... I hope you like these just as much...

Sunsets

House Sparrow

Pied Wagtail

Rook

Jackdaw

Peregrine Falcon

Buzzard

Red Kite

Herring gull

Lesser Black Backed gull

Well thansk for stopping by and please keep checking in for my other holidat posts,

Thanks always Lee Harrison

white Coppice comes to form...

I haven't had much time recently, just enough time to go down to the local patch for a few short walks... so I decided to pop down to White Coppice and see what was knocking about...

I was pleased to see that the the Cuckoo was still around although it had chosen a different home to most year and has been spending a lot of time up the Nab, the Tree Pipits have returned and I even picked up a Marsh Tit which was a nice rarity down there, a massive number of Ravens around, my Dad and Me saw 4 together at once recently and a good friend of mine saw 8 on his walk around the surrounding area, a Peregrine has been reported although I haven't any raptors apart from Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and one unidentified raptor(that we were convinced was a Falcon(see earlier blog) myself but I do remember seen them over that area when I was very young so it would be fantastic if they had come back.

lots of different animals around as well, we have managed to get close to the local Rabbits and slightly more elusive Hares but talking to the local farmer be add that most nights whilst checking his livestock, he meets the regular Fox and Badger on him land although no sets can have been found.

Here are a few pics that I managed to get on the way around:-

House Martin

Mistle Thrush

Pied Wagtail

Willow Warbler

Male & Female Stonechat

Greater Spotted Woodpecker



Tree Pipit

And last but not least, this beautiful little Rabbit that I found feeding beside a small fence:-

Anyway thanks for viewing I hope that you will visit again,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

4...3...2...1...

4 new tick, 3 day, 2 for the year and 1 cock up

It's been a fantastic few day, for me and my Dad, as you saw, on Friday (day 1) we managed to find the elusive Gargany at Marshide (tick number 1).

On Saturday(day 2), we decided to try and see the Eagle Owls at Dunsop Bridge, full of optimism after all the tales that we'd heard of children and dog walkers going missing, so we set off early on the hunt. We spent hours walking up the valley, followed the instruction word for word "Head up the valley, as it splits, take the high track, as you reach the highest point look down to the left of the valley, that's were they are" so that what we did, we got to the highest point of the valley... We waited... We waited and We waited but nothing so we decided to head for the next valley down just in case we had the wrong place, 4 mile later, we were at the head of the valley, the highest point, we couldn't go any further... "We must be in the right place" but still no Owls. So we decided to head back and retrace our steps, after 10 minuets we decided to stop for dinner and as if by magic the second we settled down, the heavens opened and we got drenched but sure enough, 15minuets passed, we set back off and the sun came out "I'm sure some one had it in for us" half way back just as we reached the top of the first hill, we happened to bump into a guy that we had met 2 weeks before at Leighton Moss whilst watching the spoonbill "seen owt" , " nah nowt much, just a few bits and bobs, were hoping to see the Eagle Owls really", " Yeah............ You'd be lucky.... You're in the wrong valley" our hearts sunk (ONE COCK UP) and a big one I might add. Luckily after this unforeseen knock back which I must admit made us laugh and slightly well very red in the face, we managed to find up a few bird that picked us up and sent us home in a good mood, these include 5 Ring Ouzel and countless number of Red Grouse (tick 2 and 3).

Here a few record pics. that I managed to get on the way around:-

Ring Ouzel

Red Grouse

After we had finished at Dunsop Bridge, we decided to go home but before we stopped for tea, we decided to head up to White Coppice for an hour and see what we could spot, we decide to just sit in one place with our scopes and wait to see what turned up, no sooner had we settled down before we heard the unmistakable call of the Cuckoo (A years first), we had actually come in hope of seen this rapidly decreasing bird which I am truly honored to see this year as unfortunately they're due to be demoted to the RED LIST if migrating numbers keep declining. The atmospheric sound of spring that will be sadly missed, I keep my fingers crossed that more and more will make it across every year.

Soon after the Cuckoo had left, a wheatear dropped in behind us and a small flock of 4 Redpoll apeared in a nearby bush, here are a few pic that I took on my way around:-

Cuckoo

Pied Wagtail

Redpoll

And now to Sunday (day 3), I spent all day with my beloved but i had to drop her off at work at 4 o'clock so my Mum, Dad and Me decided to shoot over to Plex moss and try to scope out the Cattle Egrets, we headed off down the lane and sure enough, the first bird we saw, was a lone Cattle Egret(tick 3) sat 2 fields back by a young bullock. We watched it for about an hour in hope that it would venture into a closer field, this did give some results but it was bout a million miles aways (John Dempsey I am very envious of you're shots, there fantastic) unfortunately we didn't manage to see the Hooded Crow but we did encounter a white throat and a flock of just over 30+ Whinbrel (No. 2 for the year).

Here are a few pics that i managed to get on my walk down Plex Moss:-

Cattle Egret

Whinbrel

Carrion Crow

Well I hope that you like my story and that you will read it again,

Thanks always Lee Harrison