lakeland weekend-the day

a fishing party of RBM


a mallard in a flap

a nuthatch

it was a cracking day but to keep things simple most of the photos are going on the next post, becuase there are so many. thus many labels will go on the next post but hey.

we started by going for a lakeside walk. i can tell you now that the only passerines to exist up here are robins and chaffinches. the walk was beautiful and when we reached the flooded forest i also spotted this nuthatch quite close. i spotted a large family of red breasted mergansers (numbering 7) they wree really close and good to see.

after this we went on a rowing boat. this was good-except my brother cant row. when we arrived at the reedbed we were surprised to find large numbers of shoaling perch and minnows-only in staggering numbers. a beautiful southern hawker dragonfly came and fle arouhnd the boat giving us a lovely view. the mergansers caught up with us but that was the best bit of the boat ride. cormorants flew overhead.

when we got back we went into town where,obviously there was nothing. in the park though i found a female southern hawker.

it was a smashing day and the pictures see next post were awsome.