My
first shot from Warnham Nature reserve is of one of the cormorants on
the lake. We saw 5 in total and for most of the time I had the
binoculars trained on them, although there were a couple of geese and
swans as well. The swans came out in this photo along with the ever
present gulls.
In
fact, the cormorants were the main subject in my photographs, as the
noccies did the work at most hides. I SAW - without photographing - a
kingfisher, nuthatch, blue tit, marsh tit, jay, dunnock, robin,
sparrow, great tit, long tailed tit, grebes...
... and goldfinches,
pheasant, wood pigeon - that last trio managed to get into just one shot!
Alas, that is mostly all that did get caught on camera this trip -
as most of the time I was to busy chatting away to Liz, observing the
woodland sights such as fungi and trees, and using the bins when
spotting birds. We did come across a very amazing tree trunk though.
At
first glance it may look like JUST a tree trunk....but if you work
your way from base to sky, you will find much evidence of life. Part
way up, Liz spotted a hornet buzzing - and on binocular-observation
we found a hornet nest in the trunk...
Midway
up was a hole - Liz told me that it had been a woodpecker nest on
one excursion she had previously made here. Nearer the top was some fungi....
Warnham looks like a cool place. I love the woodpecker hole in the tree. Maybe you'll spot the woodpecker one of these times.
ReplyDeletewell Liz saw it with babies last year.....so who knows what we will see the next time she takes me there.
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