After a protracted move to Geordieland, I am now playing serious catch-up as in two months' behind.
Part of the moving preparations included the delivery of a unit of furniture to my daughter and her partner, which we engineered to include a visit to Leighton Moss in Morecambe Bay as our meeting point.
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| Wigeon, lapwing and cormorant |
We had hoped for possible exotics in the way of bearded tit, bittern (already booming apparently) and marsh harrier but in the event the last was the only one to be seen briefly.
Instead there was a ready assortment of various other species. The signs on the way to the lakes were already good when a robin was persuaded to take a bit of banana direct from my hand (first time that's happened) and a marsh tit showed on the feeders (my first in this country).
Then we saw, roughly in order and with fair regularity: little egret, shoveler, cormorant, wigeon, teal, lapwing, tufted duck, pintail, snipe and grey heron.
I was particularly pleased to get the following snaps, the best I have add of each species but it really wasn't too hard: The patterned underbody of the teal was something I was unaware of.
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| Teal |
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| Pintail |
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| Little Egret |
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