Well as some of yous may know I went to Leighton Moss on Saturday (1st time ever)...all I can say is I wish I went in spring like I was advised but hey ho av been and a will go back in Spring. 5hr round trip so only natural I was disappointed not to see as much as I wanted but then I always have the devil saying you can see more in your Garden Linda why did you leave it.
I wasn't actually gonna do a post but now am semi out my mood...guess a did see a little more than I thought
So here is what I actually got a glimpse of
Well I heard plenty just never bloody seen them lol..OH said he saw one when we were standing on the watch tower (I think he was just trying to p*ss me off even more
My 1st mash tit..yeah that was the clearest shot possible
Very distant Great white Egret
Chiffchaff everywhere
Aww..cheeky
Much more to see at the Eric Morecambe hide...that's when we eventually found it...no signs and bad directions from a young member of staff!
Lapwing, Godwit, redshank, greenshank, geese..
My 1st Avocet
Well that's your lot, I have a couple of vids a might upload later.
Hope you enjoyed as much as I did
And thanks for looking.
See you in springtime LM!!!
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Not looking so bad Linda. Your pond will need enlarging to host many of those
I like you cormorant with it's catch and always good to see the Avocet with a chick.
You moany old bint! Babies, and first time sightings, the battle for life and death... What else could you want see? When you said it was rubbish I thought you'd seen nothing!!! A whole soap opera rrevealed itself in in one visit!! Thanks for sharing your FABULOUS trip
Must be a thing this year, we made our first visit in May. Nice set of pics Linda.
Superb photos Linda, and what a catch, a dinosauramont with slithering eel!
Clear avocet piccies, inc chicks (fluff balls on stilts) and to top it all, a five hour drive, which doesn't sound too bad to me.
Now the crucial question, there is another waterfowl reserve literally alongside the M6, Tebay Services, did you stop there?
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
PimperneBloke said:What else could you want see? When you said it was rubbish I thought you'd seen nothing!!!
Some folk are never satisfied are they.....
What a super haul Linda, many lovely pics to remind you of your visit
2013 photos & vids here
eff37 on Flickr
With the amount of rain we had this spring/summer I could have easily filled a huge pond
I have a video of the cormorant with the eel , will upload soon
Am allowed Tae moan as am only young and spoilt...maybe when am much older I shall appreciate life at a snails pace well a wasn't gonna tell you wit I saw without telling everybody else at same time
Thanks Tony...will return next spring in search of what I set out to see
I had to wrestle my old camera off OH or a would have been in a much bigger huff than I was
Eh never heard of Telbay Services but will make note for next year