Morning Glory

A few more images from yesterday mornings session...

An early start normally means there is a good chance of seeing Rabbits who are very active in the first hours of the summer sunshine...
The hedgerows are always bustling at this farmland location and this Dunnock must have had young close by judging by the amount of insects collected in its beak...

Posing nicely in the sun was this Song Thrush...

Still plenty of Youngsters about and not quite ready for this years Christmas cards was this juvenile Robin...

Down By The Riverside

I took a 7am stroll along the River Goyt close to home this morning.
There was a very unseasonable cold breeze early on, but despite this, the light was lovely and I managed to get a few shots of some of the wildlife that lives along the river...

This stretch of the Goyt is home to a variety of different species of bird including Kingfisher and Dipper.
Wherever you see Kingfishers and Dippers, there is also a good chance that you will see Grey Wagtails and out of these three fine looking birds it was the Wagtail that showed itself this morning...


Not far from the waters edge there is a meadow and behind that a dense area of woodland, making a just about perfect location for Rabbits...

Also showing well and allowing me to get some pretty close views was this lovely Song Thrush.
He did seem a bit preoccupied pulling a very large Snail out of it's shell and not even I was going to stop him in his quest...

2010: The Year So Far (4)

Heavy overnight snow which continued into the morning left Britain in chaos on January 5th.

I tried in vain to get my car off my road and after several attempts was forced to give up.

By now, I wasn't in the best of moods but after a couple of calming cups of tea, I decided I would take a short walk through the woodland close to my home...

There was a small flock of Redwing in the woods, but because of the bad light I wasn't able to get a decent shot of them.
I always carry a little food for the birds with me when I'm out and about and although I couldn't tempt the Redwing on this occasion, another member of the Thrush family didn't object...