Starting
todays Arundel pictures, we are still at Swanbourne Lake. Here is a
cygnet, surrounded by tufted ducks and mallards. The more distant
shot shows a bunch more mute swans about to arrive on the scene.
One
last shot of a colorful pigeon before I leave the lake and get along
to the WWT Reserve just a couple of minutes before it opened.
HERE
is a link to an article about how climate change is affecting the UK
birds.
I
arrived and decided to start my WWT photographs with a shot of the
multiple bird and bat nesting boxes on the wall of the visitor
center. Next, an info board about tawny owls.
Here
are my Bewick pals - Silvertag and Orangetag - still in the enclosure
opposite their usual habitat. They are sharing with a seagull, red
breasted geese and mallards in this shot - but there are other
species in their latest home too. Next up, an info board...
Finally
for this post, I spotted a bird in the skies above me - can anybody
hazard a guess as to what species it is from this blurry shot? CLUE:
it's a bird of prey.
Hawk? Why do I bother? I'm always wrong. :D
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love the wall with all the birdhouses and bathouses. The bench is very picturesque, but it strikes me as a very dangerous place to site.
um....close, lol. yes - its not OUR Betty its in memory of - but someone elses Betty....well i rarely see birds in the bird boxes, so its fairly safe - tho i rarely sit down there unless im having a cuppa
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