Sunday, October 07, 2007

Brownsea Island the search for Squirrel Nutkin

As I type this I am totally fed up. Its been a super day but it now looks like my sensor is buggered. I’m going to have to attempt a wet clean Sunday night when I get home. If that fails back to Nikon!!

So I went to Brownsea Island as you can see the weather was gorgeous.






I was wondering how easy the target creature would be uh……









Oh the church, St Mary’s, is not in the book but the 800th I visited. Oh and look what turned up in the churchyard.






Birds seen included Spoobills, Godwits, Redshank, Arctic Tern, Shag, Little Egret and Chiffchaff











The journey back was a tour around the harbour the second largest natural harbour in the world.







As I was near the hotel look what scuttled across the road.



Luckily I saw him and slowed right down.He shouldn’t be out in daylight!!

But oh that sensor SOB!!!!
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6 comments:

  1. oldcrow611:49 pm

    Whew!! Glad to see you back. Thought you had gotten lost,lol. Lovely pictures. Aw, that damnable sensor...hugs.

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  2. Anonymous3:22 pm

    Good suggestion then - Brownsea?
    Like the pics of Red(s) - my battery was flat when I got there the other week.Nice to see you also saw a Hog(on way to Pub.

    C

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  3. Jan5:16 pm

    So you got the squirrel then, he seems to have a lot of dark fur though, even grey, not a hybrid is it! Very cute though.

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  4. The Quacks of Life7:27 pm

    c - yeah good suggestion!!

    oc - ta

    Jan - no Greys there. I think the island populations will be separate sub species one day

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  5. Mary9:52 pm

    Oh you saw the red squirrels. karen and I are hoping to visit in the next couple of weeks

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  6. Mary9:55 pm

    Pete have you got picasa 2 you can download it free from Picasa I am sure you can adjust your pics on it.its so easy.

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