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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I
am based in Preston. Lancashire. This central location enables me to
travel easily to a wide variety of habitats in the North of England. I
tend these days not to travel very far as I find that there is plenty to
see not very far from home. On my own doorstep are a wonderful variety
of habitats - natural woodlands, open fells and hill country, unspoilt
river valleys and I have easy access to the delights of the Lake
District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. As you will see from my
bird images much time is spent at the wonderful coastal sites forming
part of Morecambe Bay and the Ribble Estuary e.g. Marshside and Leighton
Moss. In recent years Digital Photography has taken over from Video and
as time has moved on I have acquired more and more equipment - as you
do!!
I use Nikon Camera Equipment and currently use a Nikon D200 for general
work and a D300 specifically for bird photography. The D300m is usually
coupled to a 500mm F4 lens which has dramatically changed the quality of
images that I am now able to obtain.
I am enjoying being able to post images on Flickr and share the rewards
of our wonderful interests with the rest of the world!!!
