Friday 16th May
I decided to make the most of some decent weather & use my days holiday for a trip to
Leighton Moss the RSPB Nature Reserve on the West coast which fringes on to Morecame Bay.
The temperature gradually rose through the day reaching 20°C in the fine & sunny conditions after
some early mist had cleared.I saw many birds walking around the reserves & from the hides,my
favorites of the day were the c50
Avocets with 12 chicks counted.I also saw 10
Sedge Warblers
in different areas which were very vocal as were
Whitethroat &
Willow Warbler although I only
saw one each of these.It is always good to see
Little Egrets here, with other birds seen including
GSW,Nuthatch,Shoveler,Shelduck,Gadwall,Oystercatcher,Black-tailed Godwit c100 & Redshank.
Also whilst walking on the path a
Dragonfly posed for a picture so I thought I better take one.N.P.
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| Avocet |
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| Avocet with chicks |
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| Avocet chicks |
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| Oystercatcher |
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| Little Egret |
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| Shoveler |
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| Whitethroat |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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| GSW after the Peanuts |
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| Dragonfly |
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| A good number of Sedge Warblers were seen |
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| Avocets guarding their chicks |
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| Leighton Moss 16/5/2014 |
Totally overwhelming photographs of some great birds!
ReplyDeleteJust like an average day at Leeshaw !!!!
ReplyDeleteChuffing eck, what a stonking Sedge Warbler, must remember to get my cameras for sale on e bay.
PS. Just been looking at that Sedge again and in 50 yrs of messing with cameras I have never taken a photo like that, absolutely amazing. Well done Nigel
ReplyDeleteMarvelous , marvelous photos.
ReplyDeleteJohn.
Thank you all, your comments are much appreciated.N.P.
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