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| Drinker Moth Caterpillar |
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| Juvenile Long-tailed Tit |
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| Grey Squirrel |
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| Linnet |
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| Linnet |
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| Song Thrush |
Showing posts with label Grey Squirrel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grey Squirrel. Show all posts
Sunday, 21 May 2017
Pex Hill
A quick wander around Pex Hill.
Sunday, 19 April 2015
Pennington Flash
A trip to Pennington Flash to see what birds are about.
Very overcast (as it usually is when we come here). A Snipe was lurking in the woods. Blackcaps were in the trees by the first hide.
Stopping for lunch at the central hide we saw a Cormorant on a little island. Apparently it had been there for weeks, some of the local birders thought it was dead. We had seen it moving, dragging itself around, and a close-up shows a damaged beak. But, later, it hauled itself into the water and swam off, presumably this is how it's managed to survive so long.
At the final hide we had the usual flocks of Bullfinches and other small birds. Joined this time by some Stock Doves and Jays. We made the most of the close birds, although the almost complete lack of light didn't help.
The squirrels were scoffing up bird seed as well.
A female Mallard popped in with a clutch of ducklings, making the most of the dropped seed.
Very overcast (as it usually is when we come here). A Snipe was lurking in the woods. Blackcaps were in the trees by the first hide.
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Injured Cormorant |
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| Jay |
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| Male Bullfinch |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Magpie |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Male Chaffinch |
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| Female Bullfinch |
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| Female Bullfinch |
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| Male Reed Bunting |
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| Female Mallard |
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| Jay |
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| Fat Grey Squirrel |
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| Male Bullfinch |
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| Male Bullfinch |
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| Female Bullfinch |
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| Mallard Duckling |
Sunday, 28 September 2014
Abbey Village
A new walk, near Chorley (Max and Paddy country). Taking in some forests, reservoirs and hills.
We were trying out our new camera but it was a very dull and overcast day. This combined with dull, brown moors things were looking bleak until near the end in Sunnyhurst Wood where we found some Himalayan Balsam (always good for a few insects) and the most gloriously fungus-festooned log we've ever seen. Even spending an hour working on it I still don't think we did it justice.
We were trying out our new camera but it was a very dull and overcast day. This combined with dull, brown moors things were looking bleak until near the end in Sunnyhurst Wood where we found some Himalayan Balsam (always good for a few insects) and the most gloriously fungus-festooned log we've ever seen. Even spending an hour working on it I still don't think we did it justice.
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| Abbey Village elevation |
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| Abbey Village route |
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| Forest by Roddlesworth reservoirs |
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| Bee in Himalayan Balsam |
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| Wasp on Himalayan Balsam |
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| Wasp on Himalayan Balsam |
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| Wasp in Himalayan Balsam |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Massive cluster of Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Two-toned Wood-tuft |
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| Big snail, Little snail |
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| Overgrown spillway for reservoirs |
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| Jubilee Tower |
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| Grey Squirrel cracking open a Horse Chestnut |
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| Treecreeper |
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| Red Grouse through a gate |
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| It doesn't get much better than this |
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| Jubilee Tower |
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| Gill taking a rest by Jubilee Tower |
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| Entrance to Sunnyhurst Wood |
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| Not quite Anfield |
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| Lost sheep |
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| Looking out from Jubilee Tower |
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