This little sandpiper runs up and down the beach ‘like a clockwork toy,’ dodging the spray and waves. There antics on the shore are always a joy to watch.
Sanderling.
Author: Andy Finnegan
After the rain.
We left home in heavy rain this morning and it looked like my walk into the New Forest may be a washout however the BBC weather forecast was correct and by 9.30 the sun was out and the Autumn colours were looking good.
Fallow Deer are the deer that most visitors to the New Forest see. Although not a native species, to the forest. The New Forest was William the Conqueror’s first hunting forest in England, and the hunting of fallow stags took place for over 900 years until it was outlawed in 1997.
I only saw one Stag but he was worth spotting and decided to sit down rather than move on!
Joint Operations.
#Wordless Wednesday
Life passing the ditch.
Day and night wet or dry there is always someone crossing the ditch. Trail camera footage and stills from the film.
Roe Deer.
Lots of Robins pass the camera with their bright red breast you would think they would stand out but in the autumn leaves, they are quite camouflaged .
Devil’s fingers fungus.
I came across his strange-looking fungus called Devil’s fingers while in the New Forest this morning. It is also known as an octopus stinkhorn or octopus fungus. Its eye-catching red tentacles splay out like a starfish. It looks like it is from another world!
Purple Haze – revisited.
Back in February I posted some pictures of Parakeets in one of the parks in town (Southampton).
Today between heavy rain showers I decided as the leaves were thining on the trees to go back and see if the Parakeets were still about, before I reached the park I could hear them calling and flying through the trees. I spotted over 6 birds today – earlier in the year there was just a pair so it looks as if they successfully bred in the spring. Even though we are outside the breeding season one bird was showing a real interest in a nest hole this morning so hopefully the Southampton population will increase further next year.
Link to old post click on “Purple Haze”.
Crow
Pick up!
#Wordless Wednesday
CVN-78.
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is the lead ship of the United States Navy aircraft carrier class. She is the world’s largest warship. She is anchored in Stokes Bay off the Isle of Wight for a few days and is quite a crowd-puller!
Length: 337 m
Launched: 11 October 2013
Construction started: 13 November 2009
Plover.
Ringed Plovers on Meon Shore Hampshire.
Continued Reflections from my World. 