Walking at Seasalter on 1st Feb
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| Redshank and oystercatchers |
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| Screwing his eyes up really tight while he sticks his snout in the sea to retrieve.... |
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| ....An empty can of 'tropical guava' flavour energy drink. Delightful. |
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| Pouncing and leaping |
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| Wader tracks |
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| Monster tracks |
Our Minnis Bay and St Nicholas at Wade walk on 2nd Feb
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| From left to right: Oystercatcher, turnstones, redshank, and in front common sandpiper (?) followed by more turnstones. Update: poss common sandpiper is in fact a dunlin in winter plumage - thanks to Stewart :) |
Hummingbird Robin
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| Pondering |
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| ...a bit closer |
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| ...taaadaaa! |
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| Getting his beak right into the home made fatty mealworm block |
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| ...and retreat |
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| Off he goes with his beakfull |
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| Finally - pretending to be a sparrow or a tit of some variety |
Spring weather arrived early...
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| The usual visitor to the fat balls |
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| A lovely bee on the pretty purple crocuses |
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| Our resident pair of collared doves |
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| Pretty pup enjoying the February sun |
A few photos from my volunteering expeditions during Feb
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| Sheep on the marsh in the project area |
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| A couple of mute swans wandering the marsh |
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| A swan's webprint vs my wellie print |
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| Sheep with a cool hair do! |
Love walking Bracken just before it gets dark - such gorgeous lighting.
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| Pheasant feather I think |
That is it for now folks. In the past week I have been on an amphibian survey and ecology course and a biological recordings course. Both very interesting and useful. To top my week off I am going to Cornwall with my Mum for 6 days. Very excited! Lots of lovely things planned so fingers crossed for decent weather.
I hope you have all been enjoying the sunny spells and been out making the most of it! Hopefully I'll catch up with you all soon and post some more recent photos :)
