Sometimes its not just about the birds...We called in to see if we could get our own photo's of the Alnwick Great White Egret first thing this morning. And what a morning. The sun through the mist, in the shadow of a medieval castle, what more could you want.
There, down below, as close as yesterday, was the egret, casually sitting in the dead reedmace stems. A vision in white...
After a short while here, we headed off the Branton to do Johns WeBs count.
As usual, plenty of interest here between Branton and Hedgely Pits. Loads of wildfowl - 127 Mallard, 90 Teal, 104 Wigeon, 7 Goldeneye, 23 Goosander, 85 Tufted Duck, 1 drake Pochard, 200 Greylag and 40 Canada Geese, 3 Little Grebe, 1 Green Sandpiper and 3 Kingfishers, including two fighting.
On the river, 3 Dippers were already in song and a few large Salmon sploshed in the pools. 2 Buzzard flew over and a male Sparrowhawk soared overhead.
This evening, a report on the pager said that 60 Waxwings were at Branton at 9.30am? We missed those...
6 comments:
Aw shut up about Waxwings Stewart !!!!
Great pics of the castle, it was just gloom, fog and then rain for us today :-(
What a vision to start the day - the landscape and the white egret.
the word verification is "excidedf". appropriate, no?
Nice shots Stew, lovely bird, Berwick and Hexham have had Litle Egrets so it's all square!
Warren - Pfff....yawn...nice day here until about 3pm.
Wilma - Thank you...
Nigel - If this was a card game, Morpeth would win....
Great shot considering the light. The lanscape pics look cinematic mind!
I agree, superb photos Stewart.
Still only the one Waxer for me so far. Maybe this cold snap might bring some closer to home.
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