NEWTON MARSH PHOTOS.

Monday a.m. was bright and cold so I decided on a visit to Newton Marsh to see what was about.Plenty of Wigeon,Teal with a few Coots,Moorhens,Shovelers,Mallard and a pair of Gadwall. On the wader front lots of distant Lapwing,Curlew,Golden Plover with a few Starling mixed in.About 10 Redshank were flying around the marsh while 8 Whooper Swans flew over north east.I've posted a few images from my enjoyable morning at Newton Marsh.

Back to Normal.

It seems so long since I posted on my blog,but we have had a major problem in our front garden with the weed horsetail.A decision for major surgery to the garden was taken and almost 16 tons of soil was taken out of the border and beds to be replaced by a double membrane,crush and run more membrane and finally slate.All our bee and butterfly plants had to be destroyed but hopefully the smaller ones will be replaced in pots in spring. To get my blog up and running again I've posted a few images of common birds that frequent the local feeding station.

MORE FAVOURITE'S FROM ROSSALL.

Sorry if I am being selfish posting more of my favourite images from Rossall,but at times it is a magical place and a pleasure to visit.When the tide and weather are right it certainly is the place to be to capture images of these wonderful waders.

LEIGHTON MOSS DRAGONFLIES.

I visited Leighton Moss last week it was a fine sunny day but the birds were few an far between,at the Eric Morecambe  hide a couple of kingfisher were seen at distance,while lapwing,black tailed godwits and 1 greenshank were on the pools.The public hide was busy with people but the few birds showing were all at distance,marsh harrier,water rail,pochard,and a few coots.I kept myself entertained trying to capture images of the migrant hawker dragonfly as it flew past the hide.I've posted a few of my efforts below.

Highlights from Rossall.

These images are over three trips to Rossall from august to early september during the high tides.I can't get enough of Rossall at the moment and I've plenty more images to go through and another post will be on it's way very soon.In the mean time a few of my favorite images have been posted below for your enjoyment.

PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY.

After my last post saying butterflies were few and far between this year the last butterfly  I expected to see was a Painted Lady.I couldn't believe my eyes when returning home on sunday afternoon there was a Painted Lady in the garden feeding on tall verbena. I managed to capture a few images and have posted a few of my better efforts below.

Hoverflies,Butterflies and Bee's.

I'ts been a very poor year for butterflies in this part of the country and its only recently that one or two have appeared in the garden. I managed a couple of hours one afternoon with the camera in the garden and have posted a few of my efforts below.