This elegant stag waded through the pool right in front of me





His antler points are nicely sharpened for the forthcoming rutt.

I dont think that they will be this friendly to each other over the coming weeks


A hind with her offspring


This hind came so close to me, within 10 yards, I was holding my breath as i fired the shutter!!







I saw this Marsh Harrier flying low across the reed beds towards me, hoping it stayed on course and flew close by, thankfully it did


I think this is a Whitethroat, that refused to fully expose itself out of the reeds.

Down at the Eric Morecambe hide overlooking the saltwater pools, there was lots of Little Egrets, Redshank, and a Kingfisher just not close enough to the hide, but nice to see nonetheless.








This one had a good shake and fluffed up all its feathers


On the way home called in at Warton Crag, in the faint hope of catching a Peregrine, and there was one perched high up on the cliff face, well out of range for a decent shot, but pleased with the record shot

A superb morning at a delightful place, and so glad I made the effort to get up early, those arriving as I left dont know what they missed!!
Not too difficult to choose a good one from these Gary as that's what they all are....bloody good, and yes that's a Whitethroat.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff Gary.