Saturday, 21 April 2012

Sea Odyssey - Liverpool - 20/21 April 2012

The Little Girl Giant is on a quest to receive news about her father, a stowaway who died on the ill-fated Titanic.  The next stop in her search is Liverpool, a city which she sees as a hub of creativity, with passionate friendly people and rich in maritime heritage and beautiful architecture.

Unbeknown to the Little Girl Giant, her Uncle made a promise to scour the ocean floor for the shipwreck and put his brother to rest, and in doing so discovered a letter written by him to his beloved daughter.  For the past 100 years he has walked across the ocean floor with the sole purpose of delivering the letter to its young owner and now he is set to emerge from the depths of the Mersey...

But as they cover 23 miles, roaming the city in search of a family connection, will they find each other?

Liverpool and the world-famous French marionette experts Royal de Luxe are inviting everyone to be part of the special Sea Odyssey journey.
(Courtesy of visitliverpool.com)

Uncle at the Albert Dock
Uncle walking down Castle Street

Xolo walking down Castle Street
The Little Girl Giant walking down Castle Street
together with the Lilliputians who make everything work
Little Girl Giant resting at the Pier Head
Xolo resting at the Pier Head
Uncle walking down London Road
See also: giantspectacular.com/content/story

Monday, 9 April 2012

Garden odds and ends

Testing our new Wildlife Watching Supplies throw-over hide in the back garden. After a bit of thrashing around inside to find the holes it did a nice job. Unfortunately it can't muffle the sound of a shutter. Using the not-quite-Silent Shot mode on the 1D4 helped but birds aren't stupid. They were reasonably happy to come close but quickly flew off once the shutter started going.
Dunnock

Collared Dove

Robin

Male Blackbird

Male Blackbird

Wood Mouse

Wood Mouse
Hover-Mouse!
An otherwise rainy day did offer up a sopping wet Collared Dove on the top of a tree.

Miserable Collared Dove

Monday, 26 March 2012

Martin Mere

A trip to Martin Mere on a gloriously (perhaps furiously) sunny day to test drive the new 100-400mm lens and try some new bins at the In Focus hide.

Redshank

Whooper Swan

Whooper Swan

Whooper Swan

Male Pheasant

Robin

Hover-Weasel!

Cattle drinking

Tree Sparrow on a house

Whooper Swan

Male Mallard

Coot

Sunday, 25 March 2012

The Cloud

A walk to the top of the Cloud in Cheshire, and another walk over Harrock Hill.

Common Toads spawning

Gill resting half-way up the Cloud

Gill at the top of the Cloud

Waterfall near the end of the Harrock Hill walk

Bridge over the Macclesfield Canal

Sunday, 1 January 2012

Freiston Shore

New Year morning down at Freiston Shore.  Miserable grey weather, naturally.

Redshank

Goldeneye pair displaying

Wigeon Male

Tree Sparrow Male

Tree Sparrow Female

Canada Goose

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Anglican Cathedral Carol Service

A recon trip to Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and practicing our low light work. Followed by the Carol Service (but no photography allowed).