Sometimes its the unplanned random trips that end up being the most rewarding.
So we popped over to Stubbers Green, have a mooch around see whats down there. Saw all the usual beauties; Heron, Cormorant, tons of Lapwings, Canada Geese, Great Crested Grebes etc etc... no oyster catchers this evening.
Then continued on over to Sutton Park... Streetly gate, which to be honest we haven't been to in a long time (I prefer Four Oaks gate :-) )... once we got over the whiplash from the craters in the car park we went for a nice stroll up through the woods and over to the pool.
Didn't see much along the way to be honest, couple of Blackbirds and a Robin was pretty much it. Sat by the pool for a while watching someone's disobedient but extremely amusing dog playing in the pool, saw a few geese fly over.... then as we got up to walk back up to the car we were treated by the Kingfisher flying over the lake and straight in front of us as he disappeared in to the trees. We did have a look around see if we could spot where he landed, but as you probably know they are quick little fellas. Needless to say we continued our journey with a smile on our faces.
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Monday, 6 July 2015
Wolseley Centre (Stubbers green / Cannock Chase)
Lovely day today...
Day off work, teachers training day, and rain on the cards :-)
Straight over to Stubbers Green... its generally a quick stop on our way to most places to be honest - Caught the Cormorant doing his morning stretches:
Continued on to Wolseley... parked up... walked straight round to the river and were greeted by this little beauty:
There were a couple of Kingfishers around this morning - putting on quite a show - almost forgot that we were standing in the rain getting drenched :-) . Managed to catch their breakfast anyway:
The Long-Tailed Tits were out playing too... for a wet day it was really quite active - These were just too cute:
A few more happy chappies along the way:
"OOh I think that I found myself a Tree creeper" - not sure if they aren't so common or if I just have poor eyesight, but I don't seem to see many tree creepers and I love it when we see them:
On the way back to the car and the little ones were out playing:
All in all been a cracking morning... quality time with loved ones and nature... cant go wrong.
Day off work, teachers training day, and rain on the cards :-)
Straight over to Stubbers Green... its generally a quick stop on our way to most places to be honest - Caught the Cormorant doing his morning stretches:
Continued on to Wolseley... parked up... walked straight round to the river and were greeted by this little beauty:
There were a couple of Kingfishers around this morning - putting on quite a show - almost forgot that we were standing in the rain getting drenched :-) . Managed to catch their breakfast anyway:
The Long-Tailed Tits were out playing too... for a wet day it was really quite active - These were just too cute:
A few more happy chappies along the way:
"OOh I think that I found myself a Tree creeper" - not sure if they aren't so common or if I just have poor eyesight, but I don't seem to see many tree creepers and I love it when we see them:
On the way back to the car and the little ones were out playing:
All in all been a cracking morning... quality time with loved ones and nature... cant go wrong.
Saturday, 4 July 2015
Biddulph Grange / Wolseley Centre
Been a warm one today... great storms last night though so not grumbling...
Took a ride over to Biddulph Grange this afternoon - lovely place, pleasant walk and plenty to see in terms of flowers and wildlife...
Had to be followed by stopping off at Wolseley on the way home though... Last few visits have been a bit unsuccessful as far as Kingfisher sightings go, but this evening made up for them all; must have been at least 4 of them, plenty of flying around as opposed to bobbing on the branches waiting for the fish to pop by. (I wont fill the page up with pics... but i do love to catch them in flight, especially as they are so quick)
Also great to see the Cettis Warblers nest is doing well and the little ones are looking (and sounding lol) very healthy...
Took a ride over to Biddulph Grange this afternoon - lovely place, pleasant walk and plenty to see in terms of flowers and wildlife...
Had to be followed by stopping off at Wolseley on the way home though... Last few visits have been a bit unsuccessful as far as Kingfisher sightings go, but this evening made up for them all; must have been at least 4 of them, plenty of flying around as opposed to bobbing on the branches waiting for the fish to pop by. (I wont fill the page up with pics... but i do love to catch them in flight, especially as they are so quick)
Also great to see the Cettis Warblers nest is doing well and the little ones are looking (and sounding lol) very healthy...
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