Being the meteorological first day of Winter I thought it would be nice to have a walk around Conningbrook Lakes this morning. The Weather forecast was for it to cloud over at 10am and as the last two nights have produced below freezing temperatures, I wrapped up with four layers. Needless to say they got…
Tag: Ducks
Warsash end of November
A visit to family in Southampton afforded me a chance to pop along to one of my favourite places for Ducks, Geese and Waders. Warsash being on the River Hamble just as it joins Southampton Water and with protected Marshland is always good for something at any time of the year. Regrettably I couldn’t time…
Bearded Tit, Cattle Egret, Ring Necked Duck
Dungeness Birdwatching Early November
Reading all the local Birding Blogs it seems apparent that things are pretty quiet on the bird front, certainly in October and I quote one long and experienced Birders comment ‘The worse October I remember’. Half the problem has been the mild weather though, migrants coming in seem mainly to be on time, but the…
Dungeness end of July
I love Mountains, hills, valleys and rivers, but there’s something aout Dungeness that never ceases to give me pleasure both in scenery and wildlife. Now at the end of July virtually every meadow plant and flower is in full swing and today, I don’t think I have ever seen so many Butterflies, Dragon Flies and…