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

I'm Back...

Well it's been a while but I'm back, i've just arrived back from wales where I have been on many nature watching walks, as I've taken so many pictures, I will be uploading them in different blogs, I hope that you like them...

kittiwakes

Fulmar

Chough

Gannet
Puffin

Razorbills


Guillemot

Well this is the summarised Bird gallery of my holiday, rather surprisingly I only went out birding 3 maybe 4 times during the 2 weeks, most of the pictures that I took were taken just wandering around the local areas and towns.

South Wales.... a place I'd highly recommend for an easy holiday of Birding/ general nature watching, Walking, leisure, and there's plenty of small shopping towns the keep the misses amused or even me when she dragged me out... Seriously it's a beautiful area of the country and anyone who's never been there should see it.

Anyway, sorry for the long break but I hope you like what your seeing.

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Common Ground...

You would think with university over and only working 2 days a week I have plenty how time to go out and do what I wish and so did I but no, for some reason I've been so busy I have been out and about for ages, so tonight as it was such a glorious evening, I decided to have a ride around a couple of my local spots around Chorley.

I started by heading to see if the Woodpecker that I had found the other day had fledged yet but for some reason they hadn't but now the chick look almost like an adult bird, calling all the time from the nest entrance...

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

As I was watching this little cracker, I managed to catch up with the local Spotted Flycatchers, unfortunately been very uncooperative...

Spotted Flycatcher

After this I decided to have a quick walk around Birkacre Lodge to see if anything was around, and there wasn't that much around really, a Pair of Mute Swans with only one chick, a pair of Grebes building a nest, plenty of Black Headed Gulls and a single Common Turn fishing around the lodge,

Here are a few pics that I managed to snap on my way around..

Great Crested Grebe

Black Headed Gull

Common Tern

Anyway I hope that you like my blog and you will visit again,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.

Experimental.....

I had a few hours over at Marshide today, such a fabulous day, butterflies everywhere, White throats sings and newly hatch chicks all over the place, in front of Sandgroungers, there was a family of baby Shellduck, soon after a very Young Pipit appeared, and Mallard ducklings came into sight, such a cute start to the morning. soon after, a Redshank came and landed close to the hide so I decided to try and experiment with some video to see how it would turn out.

I like to think not bad for my first ever attempt...

Appart from these there was nothing around, a few Black Headed gulls but thats was it so I heade down to nells hide, the water was low and birds were every where, such a nice sight to be welcomed by, as a scanned around, all the usuals were present and 2 Curlew Sandpipers which were very nice to see as one was almost in hull summer plumage, apart from these 2 beauties, there wasn't much around, Dunlin mouching around, Ring Plover making a rachet and all the others that you might expect...

Here are a 2 more experimental videos that I took on the day... See what you think...

Heres a few pics that I took on my way around:-

Whitethroat

Redshank

Moorhen chick

Curlew Sandpiper

Shelduck

As I was watching everything takeplace, I started to take a few shots of the shellducks dotted around, when I saw one stray to close to an Avocets nest and a small battle took place...

In this pic it looks like the avocet lost but trust me the shellduck soon left...

Avocet

Mute Swan

On my way around, I also managed to catch up with a few of the local butterflys, and get a few pics...

Here they are:-

Large White

Painted Lady

And Last but not least I came across this little beauty, white wings and gree underwings, I dont know what it is but if anyone does, please comment me and let me no...

Dunno...

Anyway I hope that you like my blog and that you will visit again,

Thanks always Lee Harrison.