Down the Mere

Must be on a role, but won't speak to soon.

I haven't been to Martin Mere for a while and yesterdays trip was probably the first for this year, but with butterfly flitting through the garden I thought it had to be worth a visit.

My 1st shot is another first for me, I have seen Orange Tip butterflies before, but never had my camera with me to get a shot of one, so here it is.

Photo taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 28-100 with x2 macro.

Secondly a rather rough looking Peacock was moving up and down by the swan link hide which I managed to get with my 500mm lens.


Back to a bit of birding, this Heron walked right along the front of the Swan link hide and as I was the only person in there and stayed quite still, it was happy to stay for a while.


I'm glad I got it all ruffled as they normally look so perfect, thought it was something a bit different.

And finally a feisty pair of Oyster Catchers or one feisty Oyster Catcher, it must have chased the other for a good 10 mins before leaving it alone, not sure where it pecked but it doesn't look to happy about it :).

All photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm.

Hopefully the first of many trips and plenty more posts to come.

Until next time..

Mike.

Morning Surprise

Quite a nice surprise this morning, I was sat in my conservatory when I spotted a Peacock Butterfly (another new visitor) on my Buddleia plant.

I don't usually see many butterflies in my garden because in the past I haven't really had anything to attract them, but the Buddleia has really paid its dues and money well spent if you ask me, I can see a few more being planted next year.

Here's a few pics I got, It was really lucky when the Bee landed underneath the Peacock, made for a nice shot.

Photos taken with Nikon D70 + Sigma 170-500mm.

So far in the last couple of months we have had a Large White, Peacock, Speckled Wood and Comma, not too bad, but maybe more next year when my Buddleia as really taken root.

Mike.