It's That Time Of Year...Spring Part 1...

Spring has sprung and the grass had rise I know where the business is.... Everywhere!!! I can't seem to get away from it this time of year, Fighting, Flirting, Feeding and that’s just in my way through town but on a serious note this is just an amazing time of year to be out and about watching the birds and the babies, I just love finding a nest then sitting back in the undergrowth watching the adult birds come and go and tracking the progress and weighting for them to fledge, up to date I have never managed to see a set of chicks fledge, slightly disheartening but as long as a see chick the day before and find and empty untampered nest, it keeps me very happy, recently I have been watching 7 - 8 nest with two fledging in the last week...

I haven’t had anytime recently to keep up to date with my blogs or even spend to much time out and about, due to this I have been spending a lot more time around my local area within ten minuets or less of my house and I have rediscover my love of my local area that I sometimes take for advantage...

Since my last blog I have been working on a series of photographs that I like to think catches the Essence of early spring, I hope that you like the results















This is my favourite shot that I have taken over the last few week, I took this whilst watching this Woodpigeon collecting twigs and building a nest at Marshide...

I Really hope that you like it...



Anyway thank you for looking at my blog, sorry I haven’t been updating my blog regularly but now I have finished university I should be able to when I take the pictures,

Thanks Always Lee Harrison

Dinner Time Project...

Well... With the weather been nice for the past couple of weeks, I have decided to do a dinner time project, rather then sitting in the canteen or sitting at home, I've been going for a walk around around my local lodge waiting for photo opportunities to arise, and I like to think that they did and I took them, I hope that you think the same...











Well I hope that you like this selection of picture, I thoroughly enjoyed taking them on my dinner break...

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Not Quite The Owl And The Pussy Cat...

Again I didn't have much time today, so I just spent a couple of hours down at my local lodge in hope of getting close to one of the many Nuthatch living down there, unfortunately they proved to be very uncooperative as they kept flying in for a matter of seconds before flitting off to feed there young in a near by tree, also two pairs of Magpie kept bobbing around and collecting food to take back to there nests, Greater spotted Woodpecker made a nice appearance also around were Collared Doves, Wood pigeons, Jays, Chaffinch, Robin, blackbirds, squirrels and for me the highlight of the day been a lovely pair of male and female bullfinch dropped in twice for a feed, they didn't seem to be taking any food away but we can only hope that they are rearing young somewhere near by.

Magpie

Collared Dove

Nuthatch

When I was there I took a particular interest in a squirrle that happy sat feeding next to each other and kinda made me laugh...

Wood Pigeon

Squirrel

Yesterday I went for a walk down Curlew Lane and came across this odd looking critter, I wondered if anyone could help me I.D. it?

If it help it was large at around 4inchs long.

Caterpilla

Anyway I hope that you like this blog and you'll visit again,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

A Mothers day Special...

Written to honour my greatly loved Mum Julie Harrison and Dedicated to a greatly missed Mother and Grandmother Rose Harrison on this special day were we all get to give something back to our Mums after they always give so Much for us and also to remember loved ones which have passed on to a better place.

I didn't have much time to get out today so my Mum and I decided to have a couple of hours out in Duxbury woods before our afternoon meal. This is such a beautiful place, situated between Chorley and Wigan some people seem to forget that there is such natural beauty on their doorstep, just look around, the Yarrow valley, where a number of my pictures have been taken, Rivington, White Coppice, Winter hill and Tockholes, all teaming with bird life of different species from Finches to Falcons and Waders to Wildfoul.

Generally it was quite quiet today, the usual birds knocking around really which included great, Blue, Long Tailed, Coal and Marsh tit Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Goldcrest, Tree Creeper, Nuthatch, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Robin, Grey Wagtail, Dipper, Greater spotted Woodpecker, wren Blackbird, Mallard, Magpie, starling, House sparrow, Jackdaw, Rook, and Carrion Crow. unfortunately there were no Jays around today which I would really like to photograph.

Anyway here are a few pictures i managed to take on my way around

Great Tit

Blue Tit

Chaffinch

Blackbird

Collared Dove

Wood Pigeon

Coal Tit

Grey Wagtail

Dipper

Last but definitely not least this very beautiful little goldcrest, i know the picture quality ain't the best but this is the first opportunity I've had to take a picture of this little beauty so I'm happy with the attempt,

Goldcrest

Well thanks for visiting my blog and i hope you like my pics. please feel free to leave any comments and I hope you enjoyed it.

Thanks again Lee Harrison.