Let me know when that tide's coming in won't you

Let me know when that tide's coming in won't you

Sunday 13 May 2012

Etherow Park

I took advantage of the good weather again this morning by making a trip to Etherow Park. There's always lots to see and a good range of birds. I particularly like watching the Dippers skimming up and down stream, and today one individual posed nicely for a few minutes for me.
The hide also allows good opportunities for birds at close quarters. While I was there this morning a Coal Tit came and sat on the window ledge no more that a foot away, while I froze and stared straight back at it, it must have wondered what I was up to.
Mandarin ducks seem to be everywhere you look at Etherow these days. On the lake, on the canal, in the woods on the grass. They're not a favourite by any stretch of the imagination but they are particularly colourful. I just hope they don't become like Himalayan balsam and take over our parks and waterways.

Nuthatch at the hide

Dipper

Grey Heron

Mandarin (one of many)

10 comments:

  1. A great series of beautiful birds. I also liked the Greenshank in your previous post.

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  2. Very nice selection, great images~

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  3. What a sweet little bird the dipper is and the mandarin duck looks just like a trepan. Great shots.

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  4. Wonderful series!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  5. Great photos of the beautiful birds! I am used to seee the dippers in winter when we have snow here...

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  6. Nice selection Adam - and guess what I live fairly close to Etherow and have never been, this sounds like a birdwatch and a pint afterwardS!!

    DAVE

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  7. Wonderful images Adam and I have had a lovely browse around your blog.

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  8. Oh...great captures, and that duck is superb!

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  9. Nuthatch, sweet; Dipper, new to me, and the Mandarin; wow! Lovely photographs you shared Adam

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