Rainton Meadows

 I haven’t been to Rainton Meadows since last year so my wife and I decided to visit yesterday. Unfortunately, the Bittern that has been at Joe’s Pond recently was a no show while we were there but I did manage to get some images of some of the other birds that were showing from there and from the hide. A quick local walk when I got home didn’t produce much but it was still nice to be out.

Little Egret.

Great Crested Grebe.

A pair of Teal.

Lapwing.

An unusual looking Coot.

Bullfinch.

A grab shot of a Red Kite as if flew over when I got out of the car at home.

A couple of Roe Deer from my walk at home.

Thrushes

 26.12.23 As it was such a nice day my wife and I had a boxing day walk around Burdon Moor with my ulterior motive being to see if I could photograph any wildlife that was about. Fieldfare and Redwing were still around in good numbers and a small flock of Goldfinch were seen eating seeds. As we passed our Churchyard on the way home, I spotted a few Redwing in one of the holly trees so as soon as I had parked the car I was out again with the camera.

Fieldfare at Burdon Moor.

Bullfinch making the most of the seeds that were there.

One of the Redwing at Burdon Moor.

Redwing in the Churchyard.

There were three Mistle Thrush in the same holly tree as the Redwings. Not only did they not like the Redwings being there they were chasing each other around too.

Blackbirds were also making the most of the berries.

Mainly Fieldfare

 13.12.23 I remembered my wellies this time for a walk around Burdon Moor. I couldn’t count how many Fieldfare there must have been but it was well over a hundred and there was a good number of Redwing too. Smaller flocks of Goldfinch (no pictures) and Linnet were flitting about in the bushes and a pair of Bullfinch were feeding on seed heads however I only saw one Stonechat this time.

Just a few of the Fieldfare at Burdon Moor.

When they weren’t feeding on the berries, they were in the stubble field.

Redwing.

Female Bullfinch.

The same female eating seeds.

Stonechat with what looks like a Ruby Tiger Moth Caterpillar.

Linnet.