Two river ramble – Part 2
Leaving the river on my left, I headed up one of the tracks and through the farmland. Most of the avocado trees were in flower, although one or two did have some fruit on them. There were also some new plantations. The ...
Two river ramble – Part 1
It was a bit overcast today so good for a nice long ramble, maybe seven or eight kilometres in total including detours, intentional or otherwise. First stage was along El Playazo beach. There were loads of finches and literally hundreds of Serins ...
Recent Walks
We have had some very mixed weather. One day it rained most of the time and today there was a bad frost first thing in the morning but the rest of the day was relatively mild and sunny. I have ...
Plumbago
Plumbago is not an affliction but a plant originating in South Africa and now found all over the world as a climbing plant and house plant. It is semi-evergreen with lovely blue flowers. It is also known as the Cape Leadwort, ...
Another buzzer
There were quite a few bees buzzing around so I decided to try and get a reasonably decent close-up shot or two. One bee was annoying a pigeon, buzzing right in front of it, and the pigeon was shaking its ...
All the little birdies
This is the final post from my walk yesterday at Moor Green Lakes. There are always lots of small birds there, partly because it is an excellent mixed habitat and partly because they have two well stocked feeding areas in ...
Little Egret and Cormorant
I see a lot of Little Egrets but this one looked really nice, sitting on a wooden fence. The Cormorant is showing its spring plumage with the very white patch on its head.
Green Sandpiper
I have already done a Green Sandpiper post but I watched this one for quite a while yesterday as it preened in the shallow pool at the edge of the lake at Moor Green. and this is a short video I ...
Goosander
The Goosander (Mergus merganser) or common Merganser is a shy duck with a long serrated hooked bill for grasping fish. In my area, you see small groups on a couple of local lakes in the winter. Today I watched one ...
Bewick’s Swan
Bewick's Swan (Cygnus columbianus) is the smallest of the swans and a real wild swan compared to the commonly seen Mute Swan. It is recognisable by the yellow on its beak which is shorter than the yellow patch on Whooper ...
White Swan Lake
Today was mild but windy so felt much colder than it actually was. I walked along the River Loddon to White Swan Lake and back. There were three Grey Herons chasing each other round the lake so I tried a ...
Aquatic Yoga
Here are Mr Mallard, two Black-Headed Gulls and a Lesser Black-backed Gull doing their exercises on the ice.
Southlake and Maiden Erlegh
I went on short walks to both lakes yesterday. They are both still mostly frozen/slushy but have slightly larger clear water near the edges. The weather is much milder but possibly getting colder again in a few days. Southlake was ...
