It was a cold cloudy day today. We have had rain for a lot of the week so decided it was time to revisit Elmley marshes to see if the rain had helped the depleted water reserves there. On arrival we found some Lapwings, facing the wind with their little crests standing proud.
As we slowly drove through the reserve towards the RSPB centre, we stopped by a small lake and watched some little Coots swimming about, periodically bobbing their heads down to pull up some weeds to search for food.
Moving on we were lucky to spot a Curlew digging for his dinner. What an amazingly long beak these birds have, and a very powerful neck indeed to plunge this beak deep into the ground. Because of the rain, the ground today was quite soft and this curlew was finding lots to eat.
Off into the distance we spotted a hunting Kestrel. We waited hoping that the bird would come a bit closer but were not so lucky with this one. Instead using binoculars we watched as using subtle wing and tail movements the Kestrel hovered in one spot keeping his head perfectly still as he searched for his prey.
Reaching the RSPB house and car park we went off in search of some birds in the nearby trees, unfortunately I did not get any pictures at all as the birds were off elsewhere today.
Brother Mick also tried but he too had no luck so eventually decided to give up and had a quiet sit down to rest his weary legs.
The sky was becoming quite dark and it looked like rain was on it's way again, so packing up we went off home, stopping briefly to watch some horses in a nearby paddock playing together. You can see that the weather has turned colder as the horses are all wrapped up snug and warm against the chill air
We hope that you enjoyed our day out. More pictures can be seen in our galleries at www.voinapics.co.uk
Steve & Mick
1 comment:
oh no, matching hats again!!!
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