I haven’t done much birding or photography this month. This has been due to lack of mobility and poor weather. I did however manage a few rides in the car to one or two favourite locations and returned with some reasonable images for you to see.
First up is the well known little owl near Southport which was enjoying some morning sunshine. The goldeneye and goosander which follow were from an earlier trip to Glasson Dock Marina photographed on a very cold and windy day. A nice cold and bright day at Rossall was good for the ringed plover and oystercatcher images. Rides into the fell country round Chipping found one or two early curlew returning to the breeding grounds. Finally a visit to a flooded Marshside found Little Grebe and Pintail close to Nel’s Hide. Everything else was a long way off out of camera range. It was nice to see a number of avocets had returned.
It is Good Friday as I write this account and it is still very cold and wintry,typical Easter weather!! Hopefully soon it will warm up and the spring migrants will arrive in numbers. Thanks for looking in and enjoy the Easter break.
Brian Rafferty
I am based in Preston. Lancashire. This central location enables me to travel easily to a wide variety of habitats in the North of England. I tend these days not to travel very far as I find that there is plenty to see not very far from home. On my own doorstep are a wonderful variety of habitats - natural woodlands, open fells and hill country, unspoilt river valleys and I have easy access to the delights of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. As you will see from my bird images much time is spent at the wonderful coastal sites forming part of Morecambe Bay and the Ribble Estuary e.g. Marshside and Leighton Moss. In recent years Digital Photography has taken over from Video and as time has moved on I have acquired more and more equipment - as you do!!
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