A short bird watching session this morning. First of two blogs. This post is the ones I missed!
Catching birds can be difficult at times and for every good picture there are many failures.
Missed!
love.
#Wordless Wednesday- love.
Ducks.
It always amazes me how colourful our birds are, here is a selection of colourful ducks.
A Tufted duck.
A Wood Duck.
A Ruddy Duck.
A Shoveler
A Teal.
Heron on a grey day.
A pair of Grey Herons spotted at Titchfield Haven, these large gangly birds have quite a character and remind me of a prehistoric creature from the times of the dinosaurs.
Length:90-98cm Wingspan:175-195cm Weight:1.5-2kg
According to the RSPB, some 13000 birds nest in the UK each year, their numbers increase in the winter months to 63,000 birds (October to March).
Herons nest in colonies called ‘Heronries’. In the top of trees, they make large nests out of twigs. They lay 3-4 eggs. The young birds will fledge after about 8 weeks.
Saving Lives and sea.
Hamble Lifeboat was formed in 1968, as the Southampton Water Inshore Rescue Service by local residents in response to the number of casualties occurring in Southampton Water and the Rivers Hamble, Itchen and Test. The RNLI also has a Lifeboat based across Southampton Water at Calshot point.
Hamble Lifeboat call out to a lone kite-surfer causing concern off Hill Head 3rd January 2021.
2022 starts here.
close view of a Snipe yesterday afternoon.
The only way is up?
Goodbye, 2021 and all that – let us hope things get better in 2022.
A lone Sanderling sitting on the shingle Meon Shore Southampton Water.
Still a ruin.
The last time I saw the price for Fort Gilkicker it was on the market for £5 to £5.5 million. With planning consent for 26 luxury flats- that was in 2019 and the estimate for conversion was £18 million. Today the site remains a ruin. Sadly this historic building decays further each year.
Solent views.
The day before.
I spent a Christmas Eve outside on the beach enjoying the open air and nature that was around. The Sanderlings were doing what they do most of the time – sleeping on the shingle and then dodging the spray and waves bathing and feeding.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Stay safe
Continued Reflections from my World. 