October 5th, 2017
I am posting some images from recent trips to Leighton Moss and into
Bowland. My main objective was to photograph purple heron and red
grouse. My efforts were shown in earlier postings. At Leighton Moss
whilst waiting for the heron to show a trip down to the Eric Morecambe
hide was good for snipe.
Four snipe were very close to the hide and gave great opportunities
for close up shots of this beautifully marked bird. I have included an
image showing the superb cryptic plumage on the snipe’s back.
Trips into Bowland looking for grouse gave me some nice images of a
common buzzard close to the roadside which stayed long enough for me to
take its photo. Also on the Bowland trip a stonechat and brown hare
close to the road were very nice to see and photograph. The final two
images were from Mere Sands Wood Nature Reserve where I hadn’t been for
some time.
It was generally very quiet but a kingfisher and kestrel showed well
in front of the Rufford hide. That’s all for now to keep the blog
ticking over. Hopefully I will be out and about again in due course and
bring you more of Lancashire’s wildlife. Thanks for looking in and enjoy
the weekend.
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