A tired and sleepy Cattle Egret was a nice find for Simon Twigger early afternoon today. It flew in, it preened, then slept and not much else! Rooted to the middle island, don't expect too much from the pics! Hmm, how come there a Goose photobombing every pic!
Wednesday 31 August 2022
Tuesday 23 August 2022
Venus Pool - Green Woodpecker
After having had an adult quite close recently, a juvenile Green Woodpecker was showing well today!
Thursday 18 August 2022
Whixall Floods - Red backed Shrike
Shropshire lifers don't come along easily nowadays, I'm averaging one every year recently (apart from 2021) No complaints at all really but this Red-backed Shrike was either too distant or too wet and bedraggled to celebrate with images!
Here's the distant selection in the dry!
Even managed to not include the prey just eaten!
As close as it came in the 'favoured field'...
I hate white sky but I suppose these 'damp pics' are interesting for artistic appeal?
You can only play with the hand you are dealt :-) But what the heck, Shropshire bird number 239 is all that matters
Saturday 6 August 2022
Venus Pool - Butterflies
I haven't really bothered with Butterflies in the arable field so far this year, thanks to the unwanted attention from Clegs and Horseflies! Here's a few from a walk there...
Small Copper...
Venus Pool - Aberrant Meadow Brown ab. alba
Some nice Butterflies about today but this aberrant Meadow Brown was the most interesting? A nice spot by Dave Chapman as we searched in vain for a wayward Clouded Yellow...
To get your eye in, here's a normal Meadow Brown...
And here is ab. alba from today...
Tuesday 2 August 2022
Venus Pool - Green Sandpiper
Keeping the flow of waders coming, todays bird is a Green Sandpiper.
Venus Pool - Little Ringed Plovers
An adult and juvenile Little Ringed Plover dropped in yesterday afternoon and they were still present today.
Here's the adult...
Monday 1 August 2022
Venus Pool - Yellow-legged Gull
Not a lot happening today apart from an influx of gulls: 40+ Black-headed and 25 Lessers plus...wait for it, a Yellow-legged Gull on the middle island. I'll spare you the distant shots, it was all about the take off shots when it flew a little closer...