The Common Raven (Corvus corax) is a large all-black bird. It is massive – the biggest member of the crow family. This lone bird was using a dead tree as an observation post so hence I could not get very close across the open heathland.
These pictures are cropped in so much more grainy than I would have liked. Spotted New Forest.
#Wordless Wednesday
Nice to see a Spoonbill at Titchfield Haven this morning perhaps one from the group of 12 I saw at Pennington Marshes a few weeks ago blown of course in last night’s storm.
A Magpie hiding acorns for harder times.
Frozen pond in the New Forest.
Chinook ZK561 Lee on Solent airport this afternoon 17th Jan 2024. Having taken the Photographs of the Starlings in a car park on the seafront at Lee on Solent and watched a Chinook heading down Southampton Water to wards the airport I decided to pop into the car park on the way home to see if I could get a closer look at the helicopter as I got out of the van it was taking off but managed to get some quick pictures.
Wordless Wednesday.
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.
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!
Continued Reflections from my World. 