Pennington Flash - Bunting Hide

The Bunting hide is always my final stop off when I've been to Pennington Flash. The real action happens in the vastness of the rest of the country park with its varied and wonderful habitats. So what better way to finish off a few hours walking around than to sit and watch birds feeding at close quarters. All sorts can be seen. Here are just a few.

Male Bullfinch.

An inquisitive looking Magpie

 

A Robin on the well stocked feeding table.



Pennington Flash

After my trek up and then down Pendle Hill, I carried on my day to possibly Manchester's finest birding site, Pennington Flash. Such a variety of habitats all in one place, it  really does attract so many different species at all times of the year. This visit I managed to tick off Common Tern for the year list.
Below here are some of the birds you can get really close to in some of the hides. It's so nice just to sit and watch these birds at close quarters. I sit in some of these hides for ages, no camera, just watching and studying there behaviour. Fantastic.

Greenfinch

A really stunning Nuthatch.

 

A Jay. Pretty difficult to get so close to these very flighty and nervous birds.

Sorry for chopping the tail off of this Magpie, but go too close and I like the shot anyway.