Fieldfares

 

Lots of fieldfares on our walk this afternoon, all busy stripping the bushes of berries. A feast !

When Simon was a child, he had a favourite book... 'What to look for in winter'. A penguin book that was part of a series and I am sure we all had a penguin book of some sort. This series is worth quite a lot today.  Seeing these fieldfares brought back memories of the childhood book that he spent hours looking at, dreaming of seeing these birds. The fieldfare picture was his favourite. Looking through many bookcases today and the book in question was soon found, it must be 60 years old but apart from the missing dust cover, its as good as new. Some childhood memories were rekindled xx

The magical fieldfare pic that encouraged a life of birdwatching xx

Home-made sausage rolls

 

This deserves a post all of it's own. Home-made sausage rolls......absolutely delicious !

Buzzards and Kestrels

 

Greyer than grey sky

Lunch !

Kestrels in the fog !

1000's of pinks

and a few stonechats

Grey Seals at Donna Nook, Lincs

 

A bit of love on the beach !

The weather was not bad so we headed to Donna Nook on our annual trip to see the seals. Recon we were a week or two later this year, 1500 pups but all the action was well and truly over. No males scrapping, they had mated and gone and the younger males had now moved in. A fantastic number of pups which were all round and most now molting, ready for their life at sea. A lovely day if you can avoid the crowds !