Dependable wetlands

A fine day appeared and considering the weather lately it was decided to attempt the wetlands if there were no floods en route. The sun shone and there were no hold ups. So lunch was taken and then I went for my walk. Plenty to see if you could spot them in the reed beds. There were  several shelducks looking for parteners.

Lapwings were in abundance. This was the only one that didn't seem to have a partener.

Shovelers were present. This male spent most of his time chasing off the gulls.

This tufted duck couldn't find a partener and spent most of his time wandering around looking very sorry for himself. I finished the day with a red kite but by then the light had gone and the pictures wre not up to my standard.

Lunch at the Wetlands

 A lovely sunny day too good to miss, lunch at the Wetlands was the order of the day. As we were eating our sausage and mash our new friend turned up. I still had the problem of shooting through a double-glazed window which is in need of cleaning. But I managed to salvage one good shot before it flew off to do some fishing.

 Of course the robin appeared loking for its mealworms which it seems to associate with me.

While close by a shelduck watched wondering what all the fuss was about.

Wetlands trip

 After my success of late I took Jacque down to the Wetlands for lunch and of course my camera came as well. About 2 months ago I had a robin following me round the lake and I wrote of his memory as he had done it before. Well there he was again waiting for his mealworms which he duly received. Thats the 3rd time this has happened, must have a good memory.

Things are looking up, this egret stood outside the window while we had lunch. This shot was taken through a double glazed window.

The highlight of the day was the arrival of a kingfisher. Not a good shot as it was about 20m away and through the same window. It was improved with a little bit of help from photoshop. We ate our lunch all the time this was going on.