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Sunday 17 February 2013

Findlays Birthday and Frodsham Marsh

Today Sharon and I joined some fellow bloggers to celebrate the 11th birthday of Findlay Wilde, if you have not heard of Findlay you should check out his blog site HERE, a truly inspirational young lad.
His parents Nigel and Heather had organised a surprise afternoon for him, inviting his blogging friends, for Findlay to take us on a walk around his local patch. It was a great afternoon, a lovely walk, and I dont know how they did it but also a Kingfisher put in an appearance. Followed by Nigels delicious stew and dumplings on our return.
Thanks Nigel and Heather for the invite, and we hope you had a great birthday surprise Findlay.
As I didn't get a group shot, I have pinched this from Findlays page!!


The rest are my photos.... honestly

Firstly that great surprise, a Kingfisher, that was actively feeding in the pools along the river

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Didn't really photograph a lot else, this Coot looked nice in the afternoon sunshine

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On our way to Findlays, we had called in at Frodsham Marsh, only briefly to have a look about for a future longer visit, on our brief wander....

we saw some Buzzards circling above, and also perched

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and mobbed by crows

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scaring off the Starlings as it lands

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there were quite a few of these up in the hedgerows, we have come to the conclusion they are Linnet?

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and a female Stonechat

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Lastly.... the rambling artist in her nifty new head wear.... love it!!

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10 comments:

  1. beautiful pic's Gary, the 4th and 5th pic's of the kingfisher superb

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  3. It looks like a great time was had by all! It was even sunny. Your kingfisher photos are wonderful!

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  4. You got the fish picture, it's brilliant. I was so happy to see you and Sharon again and I am really pleased you enjoyed the walk. And thank you so much for the clock. From Findlay

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  5. We were delighted that you we able to make it and we will have to make a date to tackle Frodsham marsh together.

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  6. Gary, it was great to met you and Sharon at a fantastic day organised by Findlay's parents. Great weather, good company, and a posing Kingfisher; perfect.
    Your shots of the Kingfisher are superb, especially tossing the fish. A great capture.

    They certainly look like Linnets to me. :-)

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  7. Looks like a great time! What a great photographer you are!

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  8. Hi Gary, You've captured a great set of images here. The ones of the most photographed Kingfisher in Cheshire are just stunning...the one where it's juggling with the fish is a winner for sure.

    It was good to meet up with you and Sharon at Findlay's special day, it was a great day and I'm sure that Findlay really enjoyed his 'surprise'...[;o)

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  9. may i use this photo to describe my article in blog

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Thanks for dropping by, any comments you may have are greatly appreciated.
Gary