Had an interesting Friday and Saturday up North. We visited one of our favourite places RSPB  Leighton Moss in  Lancashire Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. A few pictures below from the feeders and one of the Hides. I waded my way through the flooded paths to Lower Hide and was rewarded by seeing two Otters and a couple of Marsh Harriers. Even managed to see a Marsh Tit on the way. On Saturday I caught a fleeting  glimpse of a Bearded Tit (brilliant bird).

Also upgrade my tripod as I had a few problems with the lightweight one I got earlier in the year. Really pleased with this one!

On Saturday we went to Fleetwood (one of the few remaining grounds I haven’t visited watching the Mighty Hatters) for the FA Cup tie. It was certainly a low key affair reminiscent of our non-league days where away fans outnumbered home fans. Sadly we failed to take our many chances and then gave away two sloppy goals. Penalties is a cruel way to lose. Hence the cliché now we can concentrate on the league!

I went out tonight to see if I could see the Egrets come into roost at Court Lake in Frampton. I saw about 300+ noisy Corvids (mainly Jackdaws) , Cormorants (30), Herons, Coots and a couple of Egrets including a Great White but little sign of a Congregation of Egrets. Just as I was leaving as the light had almost gone when 40+ flew in  couldn’t identify them.

Had a good meeting this morning of my next project which we are hoping will be type of picture book. Watch this space!

I walked up looking for a starling murmuration at dusk. Only a few small groups but did see a couple of Marsh Harriers. The moon looked good a couple of pictures below and a couple from 2022 (I was trying to be arty!)

Had a lovely story telling on Monday with my friends at Upton St. Leonards W.I. it was my third visit!

My body was aching yesterday after a cricket net for our India visit in February!

Finally I am amazed at how many people read my ramblings on the blog- we have readers from all over the world from Chile to Japan!