A drive to Rainton Meadows for the Temminck’s Stint which is a lifer for me. And if that wasn’t enough a Wood Sandpiper and Little Ringed Plover showed very well just outside the hide. All in all a canny morning out.
A lifer for me Temminck’s Stint.
Wood Sandpiper.
Little Ringed Plover with four eggs.
It was replaced on the nest by its mate and landed
right outside the hide.
Male Shoveler.
Male Shelduck.
A pair of Oystercatcher with four chicks.
A few images from Lamesley (I haven’t been there for ages) and Burdon Moor.
Very distant Buzzard with its bait.
Male and female Shoveler.
Female Shoveler.
Male Kestrel with a Vole.
Long-tailed-Tit.
Gathering nesting material.
Goldcrest why is it they nearly always have a twig in
front of them.
Reed Bunting.
The same male Kestrel with a different Vole.
Roe Deer in the late afternoon sun.
One of at least three Brown Hare that were in the
field all of them ran off when a couple of horse riders came through the wood.
I started with insects now we come onto some of the birds we saw while at St Aidan’s.
Although I have heard and seen Cetti’s Warbled in the
past, I have never photographed one before so this is a first.
Reed Warbler.
Sand Martin. Tricky little blighters to catch in
flight.
Chiffchaff.
Great Crested Grebe.
Lapwings having a bit of a dispute.
Shovelers.
One of the male Shoveler did not like the other male being
around.
Someone had left what looks like a toddler’s cup on a
bench and the Crow was checking it out.
When the Crow realised there was nothing in the cup it
jumped down.
Presumably a male Black-headed Gull showing off to a
female, there was a lot of it about.
14.01.24 I once again took loads of photos while I was at Saltholme so I have divided the Blog into two. Part one is some of the waterfowl I saw.
I wonder why they are called Spoonbill 😊
Shelduck.
Little Egret.
Shoveler.
Turnstone. Apparently not a common bird at Saltholme.
A trio of Teal.
Redshank not at Saltholme but along the Zink Works
Road.
