Went for a walk round college lake today, thought I would share some of the photos for others to see (they aren't very good though)
First thing I saw was a pheasant (later told it was a black pheasant)
And this rat seemed to be enjoying his/her life here
Then the more usual ones
Great Tits
I think this one had got his head stuck!
The Blue Tits
3 in 1!
Can you spot the sneaky magpie?
Next came the chaffinches
Mrs
And Mr being sneaky and hiding behind the feeder
Further along there were some wigeon
Even further along, a hen pheasant, the only picture I got - see if you can spot it, its not easy!
In flew a little coal tit
Dunnock
Robin
Further along and there were some tufted ducks, gadwalls and shovelers
Mr and Mrs doing some shoveling together
Another wigeon
This was clearly a good feeding spot
Further on... a blackbird eating some berries
A load of mallards
A lucky caught moment
Goldfinches
Some more chaffinches
Some Canada Geese
More Mallard and another tufted duck
The mallards, sleeping or resting
Suddenly there came a huge flock of gulls, that apparently roosted on or near the lake
Some lollipops decided to say hello (or bye), unfortunately this was the best picture I got
It was a nice walk with loads of birds, even though it was grey and a bit wet at the start.
Thanks for looking!
Regards
Benji
BenjiS said:The WILDGuides full europe birds book. I asked about it on a different thread/question (this one - community.rspb.org.uk/.../best-nature-books) and chose PimperneBloke's idea. I am very pleased and so far it has been well worth it!
Brilliant.
There are lots of good books, it is always good to see how other people get on with other titles, especially if any of mine need replacing and no longer in print.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler