Just my little joke there !
However it could of course just be my photos. I am now changing to a different site which will provide better quality images.
THE NEW SITE IS......
www.birchamramblings.co.uk
Saturday 31 March 2018
Time for a change
Having used this blog site since 2009 and posted some 245 blog days I have becoming increasingly frustrated by the image upload quality of photographs - this isn't a criticism of the blogger site as I fully appreciate it's not a photography site and it has served me very well over the last nine years..........
Haring about (groan)
Sunday 25 March 2018
To and from work and quite a few Hares about in the fields.
To and from work and quite a few Hares about in the fields.
Rock It !
Tuesday 20 March
Morton Harbour and this Rock Pipit was flying around the boats. This is the Scandinavian Rock Pipit and quite a painful bird for me as I had a Lundy record of Spring Water Pipit rejected many many years ago as I hadn't distinguished it properly from this race of Rock Pipit. In Norfolk they all appear to be the Scandinavian race littoralis in winter when they are very similar to pterosaurs , the nominate British Rock Pipit.
Morton Harbour and this Rock Pipit was flying around the boats. This is the Scandinavian Rock Pipit and quite a painful bird for me as I had a Lundy record of Spring Water Pipit rejected many many years ago as I hadn't distinguished it properly from this race of Rock Pipit. In Norfolk they all appear to be the Scandinavian race littoralis in winter when they are very similar to pterosaurs , the nominate British Rock Pipit.
Sculthorpe
Monday 19 March 2018
With heavy snow in the south-west I decided to ditch my trip to The Photography Show in Birmingham, and as consolation I visited Sculthorpe Moor, near Fakenham to have another look for the Mealy Redpolls. I am pretty sure I had 5 different individuals and the bird table just by the window of the volunteer's hide had Bramblings and Bullfinches almost in the hide itself !
With heavy snow in the south-west I decided to ditch my trip to The Photography Show in Birmingham, and as consolation I visited Sculthorpe Moor, near Fakenham to have another look for the Mealy Redpolls. I am pretty sure I had 5 different individuals and the bird table just by the window of the volunteer's hide had Bramblings and Bullfinches almost in the hide itself !
Saturday 17 March 2018
Look up
Wednesday 14 March 2018
Pre work wander at Titchwell in search of an obliging Woodcock that had been showing for the last week or so. Today it wasn't there, or I couldn't find it and I had to leave to open the shop. However by the car park I could hear Bramblings and looking up saw five birds feeding and wheezing away. Normally straight above your head shots don't work for me but due to the great plumage on these birds there is enough to see to warrant posting a picture.
Pre work wander at Titchwell in search of an obliging Woodcock that had been showing for the last week or so. Today it wasn't there, or I couldn't find it and I had to leave to open the shop. However by the car park I could hear Bramblings and looking up saw five birds feeding and wheezing away. Normally straight above your head shots don't work for me but due to the great plumage on these birds there is enough to see to warrant posting a picture.
Brown things
Tuesday 13 March 2018
En route to/from work and it was all things brown and the more common deer following the Water Deer sighting previously.
In posting these pictures I am as ever quite disappointed with their upload quality. Having tried loads of different settings to cope with blogger compression I am sort of loosing the will...... The blog is my diary so I guess it doesn't really matter but in future posts (when I get it sorted) I will have a link to my website where images can be viewed at better resolutions - many will still be out of focus of course ! More on this anon.
En route to/from work and it was all things brown and the more common deer following the Water Deer sighting previously.
In posting these pictures I am as ever quite disappointed with their upload quality. Having tried loads of different settings to cope with blogger compression I am sort of loosing the will...... The blog is my diary so I guess it doesn't really matter but in future posts (when I get it sorted) I will have a link to my website where images can be viewed at better resolutions - many will still be out of focus of course ! More on this anon.
Snow again
Sunday 11 March 2018
A good start in the morning with the return of a Brambling to the feeders along with Siskin and Tree Sparrow so I was pretty content to start off with (must clean the kitchen window glass).
Then news came through that the Snowy Owl had been seen again and was now at Snettisham. Just time to finish chores and meet up with Oli at Snettisham. It was easily found (due to people watching it) beyond the hides lazing around in some tussocks.
Much better views this time than the distant Scolt Head sightings a few days ago. Not too many people present, fifty or so, but it was mid afternoon, so presumably many had already been.
We stayed for about 45 minutes watching this wonderful female Snowy Owl as it preened and generally surveyed the scene. Assuming it would become active only at dusk as per previous days (even through they hunt in daytime ) we moved on to get back home and for me to continue with chores etc. I discussed with Oli our retreat and he agreed it would be most probably sat in the grass all day. We left well chuffed.
Wrong ! about and hour after leaving it popped up onto a post and dazzled the crowds - the resulting pictures on websites were indeed stunning and I'm sure my return to domestic duties that afternoon were hugely appreciated Hmmmm We were still well chuffed though.
A good start in the morning with the return of a Brambling to the feeders along with Siskin and Tree Sparrow so I was pretty content to start off with (must clean the kitchen window glass).
Wrong ! about and hour after leaving it popped up onto a post and dazzled the crowds - the resulting pictures on websites were indeed stunning and I'm sure my return to domestic duties that afternoon were hugely appreciated Hmmmm We were still well chuffed though.
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