Saturday, October 04, 2008

Incongruous

The weather doesn't promise much this weekend and so as I didn't fancy long drives I stayed local.

I've not been over the Forest for a while and it's always interesting to see the changes. Perhaps the most bizarre thing was to see a few remaining House Martins zipping about for food before they head off south for winter, whilst also seeing a flock of Redwings who no doubt have just arrived for winter! The lake had no surprises but the usual Mallards have been joined by teal and gadwall.

Only 1 pair of Great Crested Grebe remained with their youngster (well so I could see), it seems to have been a good year for the Grebes.








The tit family are colourful little fella but the very similar Marsh and Willow Tit are more subdued. This is a Marsh Tit.





So on to Rye Meads. Few Green Sandpipers and Snipe about, also a lone Wigeon.



Shoveler


Wigeon


Youngster practicing.





A distant Common Snipe


When this chap landed everything headed for the water!

5 comments:

Tricia Ryder said...

Like the Heron pic - good sequence of swan taking off too.....

Wendy said...

Nice pics. I also loved the swan taking off!

oldcrow61 said...

Your marsh tit reminds me so much of our little chick a Dee. Guess it's the black cap. I love the pictures of the youngster practicing.

The Quacks of Life said...

OC i think they were once considered to be the same species. they are similar, belong to the same family.

Anonymous said...

Love the second pic - ducks in a row and their reflections.

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