Wordless Wednesday.
Starlings.
Month: January 2024
Not for the shops!
Well, we did not go far today a couple of hours into the City. Not for the shops but for a walk around one of Southampton Parks.
Berlin Express leaving the container port. Wishing her a safe trouble free trip. This German-flagged containership is heading for Algeciras in Spain.
Some views of Southampton Water from Mayflower Park.
City Birdlife.
Winter birding.
I always find on a winter morning when the sun is out it is good to watch small birds today was again good for Long-tailed Tits. Also, a few Duncocks were about and a well-puffed-up Blue Tit obviously feeling the cold!
Long-tailed Tit.
Magpie.
There are many variations of the Magpie rhyme, but one of the most common versions is the version that I know :-
One for Sorrow,
Two for joy,
Three for a girl,
Four for a boy,
Five for silver,
Six for gold,
Seven for a secret never to be told.
Eight for a wish,
Nine for a kiss,
Ten a surprise you should be careful not to miss.
Eleven for health,
Twelve for wealth,
Thirteen beware it’s the devil himself.
Never far away.
When I grow up – I will be like Dad. A young Fallow Deer buck and an adult. On most walks in the New Forest once you get away from people on mountain bikes and dog walkers – walk quietly through the enclosures and across the moorland of the National Park rarely do I not see some deer.
Storm Henk!
The edge of Storm Henk gives us a bashing, along the Solent Coast.
2024.
Into another year – doesn’t time fly? It seems only the other day it was a new century. It seemed everyone was out for a New Year’s walk this morning.
The “pink” ferry across the Hamble River was doing a good trade. Running on demand from Hamble village to Warsash the fare is £2.50 each way. Today’s walk was a regular route from Swanwick Marina to Warsash and back a 4-mile round trip. All on the flat.
All the usual bird sightings along the river.
Brent Geese.
Curlew. Being our largest wader it is only a bit smaller than a Brent Goose.
- Curlew – Wingspan80-100cm
- Brent Goose – Wingspan110-120cm
Male Wigeon followed by 2 pictures of the female.
Greenshank.
Grey Plover.
Continued Reflections from my World. 