When you see a Cormorant, you automatically see a big black bird. Look closer, and it is full of colour.
It is in the detail!
Month: March 2025
Getting the worm!
Groups of Sanderlings feed on small worms at low times on Meon Shore Hill Head. Like little clockwork robots, they run up and down, dodging both Black-heading gulls trying to get a free lunch and the incoming tide. These are my favorite shore birds, and I spend many hours watching them.
Grey Heron.
#Wordless Wednesday
Avocet season.
Avocets are starting to arrive in good numbers here on the South Coast. Marking the start of their breeding season.
Sunday walk.
Ended the week with a quiet early morning walk up the Hamble River from Warsash to Burseldon.
More Barn Owls.
Another Dawn start to look for the local Barn Owls, lover light today but a pair of birds spotted.
The Hunt.
Missed!
Fire.
In the New Forest, Forestry England conducts controlled burning of heather and gorse. This helps maintain and enhance heartland habitats. It promotes biodiversity and reduces wildfire risk.
Bugs life!
Stonechats mainly eat insects, but they also eat seeds and fruits, especially in the colder periods when insects are scarce.
As you can see in my pictures, there were plenty of insects about today!
Barn Owl.
Up at dawn for a walk along a footpath part of the South Downs Way this morning. Delighted to see a Barn Owl hunting in the morning light.
Continued Reflections from my World. 