Monday 29 September 2014

A Small river at Edern

A small river at Edern, clean water from the hills heading for the sea.  Having seen a Kingfisher but not as yet caught it on camera.  During the summer I saw the beautiful sight of a Grey Wagtail  a juvenile, it must be a sign of a pair breeding somewhere along the river.   To-day the 29th September I caught sight of a mature Grey Wagtail, indeed a beautiful sight with the brightest yellow ever.  Its bobbing movements with it tail, feeding in the shallows.
Also seen to-day were about three Meadow Pipits enjoying the clean water bathing and feeding, their appearance bright and fresh.  A Robin ever present or maybe more in the way of the migrate Robins, these Robins visiting us for the winter, its hard to tell them apart.  I'm told they are darker, time will tell in as many photos I can get of different individuals.
How many photos of a Meadow Pipit can I take, thank goodness I have a blog, so here goes.






Thursday 18 September 2014

The search for the Kingfisher





My search for a photo of a Kingfisher was until to-day proving extremly difficult.When at last I saw one perching on a stick on the edge  of a local river.  Many photos were taken.  Silver fish were jumping in the shallows, a Little Egret was fishing madly and in the depth of the tall grassses I could hear a Water Rail.  Further up the river was a Common Sandpiper prodding its beak into the mud, it was there for quite a time so the feed must have been plentiful.
Around the Island opposite the council offices were along side one of the many places for the waders were Turnstones, Dunlins, Ringed Plovers,Wigeon, Mute Swans, Godwits, Oystercatchers and many mixed Gulls, I searched for a med gull but didn't see any.
The day was very warm and even saw butterflies, Small Copper, female Common Blue and many Whites.  Wild flowers still edge the grassey banks.