Holywell pond

 Spent a few mornings on the pond this week in an attempt to catch up with whats about.This morning there were 171 Canada geese the most Canada's I have seen in a long time ,over the week there were 4 Ruff, 7 Dunlin,1 Greenshank, 1 Redshank,2 Little Egrets,5 Snipe 2com buzzards,2 ring plovers and a Curlew that needed a good beak rinse!The Ruff ,Dunlin and Egrets travel between here and the flash to the east, here's a few pics.

                                                                        Nose dive

                                             It had more mud on beak when it landed  

                                                                            Ruff

                                                           Dunlin in the feathers

                                                           A smart Greenshank

                                              And last but not least Egret in the feathers

                                                                 Thanks for looking 

                                                     Stay safe (the numbers are rising )                                             

                                                                                Joe.

A wet Mull

Two weeks on Mull saw us struggling with the weather,three and a half dry days is what we had in two weeks .Prior to leaving home I had booked the last place on the eagle boat trip for the Friday afternoon of our first week ,we awoke to a dry morning and has we had no phone signal made an early start to the Ulva ferry ,the morning trip hadn't left as we arrived so we watched the people go aboard and asked the lad what time the afternoon trip was to depart ,in the event I managed  to get on the morning trip as a couple hadn't turned up ( so pleased I did ) here,s a few pics.

                                                              Just having a look.

another look

I'm on it

The grab

Gotcha ( am in there somewhere ?)

I'm off.

We saw seven different Eagles that morning which made for a great trip (just brilliant ).

Thanks for looking

Stay safe

Joe.

 

Apology

At the moment I am having problems replying to comments made on my blog ,please be assured I read and welcome all comments .Thanks for the comment Brian ( Killy Birder ).

Here,s a couple of pics from this mornings round.

Singing loud and clear.

look out post !.

Thanks for looking and stay safe

Joe.

Meeting on the path.

I had a nice surprise this morning on my way to the old line at Holywell.

 He didn't stop there just wanted a closer look!.

 On the line I was entertained by a family of longtails.

Then even more fledglings when I arrived back home.

It was nice to see all four fledge

Thanks for looking and stay safe 

Joe.

Whitethroat's revisited

I  managed to escape for a hour or so onto the old line at Holywell in an effort to keep in touch with the Whitethroats that were calling and singing a few weeks ago,I sure wasn't dissapointed although things were a lot quieter ,nest upkeep and parenting seemed to be the order of the day as can be seen.

  

Thanks for looking 

STAY WELL

joe.

Whitethroat serenade

A very enjoyable early morning trip onto the old line at Holywell saw me serenaded from the off by numerous Whitethroats and the occasional gravely Sedge warbler, here are a few pics from my morning escape !.

 I feel  sure that this guy (below ) is stuck to the twig as he has been in the same place for the last few days and does not move for walkers or passing bikes I do believe I could almost touch him ?.

The subsidence pond comes very close to the old line now and so does the bird life

oops I nearly forgot me Sedgy 

.Thanks for looking and stay safe.

Pre lock-down / home

Here is a couple of images from Holywell Pond  pre lock-down,these are quite cute and a bit of a favourite of mine.

I think it must have followed me home ??

This guy was showing an interest as well from across the way !!

This is when I escaped from lock-down prison for an hour to check on the 

Dene Dipper family.

Looks like they are doing fine (now back to jail )

Thanks for looking

and most important stay well.