Tuesday 5 March 2013

A couple of nice mornings

Once again not loads to report but it was great to see the sun and again hear the birds in full voice. Yesterdays highlights were hearing the LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER and finally working out what the thudding noise was I keep hearing down by the lake! It sounded like a Rabbit thumping the ground but was going on to long, peering through the trees into the field, I found the source a GREEN WOODPECKER making a mess of the beehives, tapping away and resonating in the little valley.
Today again the birds weren't spectacular although again a CORN BUNTING was definitely not to be sniffed at a really good bird here. There was a small flock of gulls mainly Common and a nice flock of 22 MEADOW PIPITS. The light was great this morning and lent itself to a few pics.

Blue Tit


Park Field

Meadow Pipit

Corn Bunting

14 comments:

Rohrerbot said...

Alan, those shots of the trees are incredible!! Nicely done Maestro! Best part about birding is the epic landscape scenery!

Giga said...

Piekne ptaki i ich zdjęcia. Równie śliczne są zdjęcia z zamglonym widokiem słońca. Pozdrawiam.
Beautiful birds and photos. Equally beautiful are the pictures of misty views of the sun. Yours.

Brian King said...

Fantastic bird shots! The trees are absolutely fantastic! Those would look wonderful framed!

Maria said...

Those misty morning sunrises are gorgeous!. I love those trees!

Greenie said...

Alan ,
Nice bit of detective work on the Green Woody , who needs Poirot ?
Lesser Spot and Corn Bunting would make my day any time . Nice ones .

Russell Jenkins said...

Love the lighting in all these pics and you reminded me of my first ever woody encounter!

Ingemar Pettersson said...

Hi!
Wow, the misty field...
Amazing shots
have a nice day!
/Ingemar

Anonymous said...

Nice set of shots Alan. Liking the misty one`s a lot.

ShySongbird said...

Lovely photos Alan, some very atmospheric ones too. Corn Buntings definitely not to be sniffed at.

Warren Baker said...

I wish i could of got out Tuesday morning Alan :-( Dont think I would have found a Corn Bunting though!

Richard Pegler said...

Lovely images Ala, and I envy you the Corn Bunting.

Stephen Mills said...

Great to see the Corn Bunting is still about.Doubt i'll get one on my patch although it would be a very nice addition.

Ellada said...

The pictures with the trees and the meadow pipit are fantastic. Great shot.

Helma said...


Hi Alan,
I love birds and birds but in this series, I am totally fallen for picture 2 and 3. What a wonderful beautiful plates. The trees in the fog and then a beautiful light. Really thick compliments.