THREE WEEKS IN A ROW.

Its unheard of me out three weeks in a row,work has been unbelievably buzzy,one of the reasons iv not been bloging so I do apologise for that.My first week spent a day with my mate Jeremy at Washington WWT.It makes a change seeing birds you will not get to see on your normal patch.plus weather was crap, Jeremy only gets out one day a month,work is a mare with your social life,I was imprest with the cranes they have there, wicked burgers they are,told not to get to close.this one was giving me the eye,any closer mate and i will have you.

 

I must admit there was a lot more species there than I thought there would be plus a lot more than iv not  see before.I don't want to fill this page with to many here's just a few.

                                                                FEMALE SMEW

                                                          AMERICAN WOOD DUCK

    

                                                                 MANDARIN

                                                             RUDDY SHELDUCK

                                                              BEWICK'S SWAN

This is a short video of the female smew,the first time I've used this video on my d300s camera.hope to improve my shooting with more interesting subjects.

                                                                 HOODED MAGANSER

                                                                  PINK FLAMINGO 

A visit to the feed station gave use some good views of a male bullfinch,great spotted woodpecker, nuthatch, Cole tit,goldcrest just a short glimpse of the goldcrest.no chance of a photo though to blinking fast.

                                                            

                                                HOW HEAVY IS THIS COLE TIT 

                                                  HE'S SNAPPED THE BRANCH      

My second week out was at cresswell,nothing out of the ordinary apart from the bittern which I've still not seen,sat in the hide for about three hours but he did not show.But we did get to see the marsh harrier being mobbed by crows and buzzards they put on a pretty good show. I did get a few shots of of a nice little stoat,on the way into cresswell. 

                      

                                                                          STOAT 

Last week newbiggin to see if we can see the med gulls,