Scenes along the River Bank

Scenes from a late afternoon walk along a river bank in the local parkland

Heron Hiding

"I can see you Mr Heron"

(Scheduled post)

Woodie in Profile

Spud Picking Made Easy

A third of England's potato crop is grown in East Anglia

This Potato Harvester below certainly takes the back ache out of spud picking

A Walk in the Parkland

Getting down low with the camera can produce interesting results

A Mute from the broadside

"Who you looking at"

"So who is the Kingfisher anyway."

Almost still waters

There are a few Pochard arriving on the lakes now

The male with its rich reddish brown head 

The dull brown one could either be a non breeding male or a female 

I can never tell the difference

Sign of the time

Food for the fastidious 

Mrs Shoveler

 A Chaffinch in the shade

I have taken this shot a few times 

There was plenty of light on the day so it had to be done again

Changing

Did you spot the Harlequin Ladybird?

A Jay Post

The Jay (Garrulus glandarius)

Its a busy time of the year for the Jay

Acorns are plentiful so they are busily collecting and storing them in the ground for food in the winter

Two Jays in one photo

One bathing and one flying 

Unfortunately they were quite a distance from my position

The Odd Shower

I remember the weather forecast on the TV last evening

"You may get the odd shower in East Anglia"

It did catch up with me eventually

If that was a shower I dread to think what a storm would be like

I'm rather glad I was in the car

Which Way is Up?

Wet Feathers

A male Mallard in eclipse plumage

A ghostly Black-headed Gull

Another male Mallard making a perfect three point landing

A Black-headed Gull about to launch

A male Mallard in an argumentative mood

A Cormorant just getting airborne

An immature Great Crested Grebe bothering mother to get him some more fish

Immature Great Crested Grebes at this stage below haven't quite got the knack of using their webbed feet properly

They tend to flail them out sideways rather than underneath 

especially when in a hurry

Quite amusing to watch