sunday morning ramberlings

every sunday i like to go out for a cpl of hrs birdwatching and taking pics
ive only just got into wildlife photography so still learning lots
i only have a little hand digital camera but it will do me for now

i took some pics this morning while i was out at one of my local nature resvers
hope you like them

took this of a lovely little speckledwood butterfly sunning himself in the grasses

the hedge row was full of these field bindweed
i do love these flowers very simple but so prety

not sure what these pretty little flowers are but they were in a field along with all the other wild flowers and grasses
so if someone can put a name to them i would be very greatfull

(nb all the pics were taken on my phone so unfortuneatly the qulity isnt so good)

Stafflass I think the flower in the last picture is call a Hawkweed - Wildflower.

Love the pictures and they came out fine on the phone. You must have had a lovely walk capture those shots.

Thanks for posting and we look forward to your next ramble!!

SM

Lovely photos Staffslass - thanks for sharing and can't wait for your next couple of hours walk at your nature reserve. Well done for getting the butterfly, they never stay still for long

Lai

my daughter spotted the speckledwood and i had to creep up on him to get the shot
because as with most phones they dont have much zoom on them
as soon as i took the pic he was off
but luckly i managed to get the pic before he flew off

i seem to spend most of my time crawling about in the mud and all sorts trying to get pics
and get some very funny looks from the general public when your lying face down on the grass in my local town park trying to get pics of squirrels eat out of my daughters hand

Thank you for posting those staffslass, they have brightened up a Sunday evening. They are good as they are from your phone. I think you are the first member to post Butterflys on here so well done you.
Look forward to next Sundays ramble and what it may bring.
littlewid-x-

Lovely photos there staffslass. I can't wait to see more!! I know what you mean about funny looks, I was doing exactly the same last week to get a picture of a swan and cygnets on a nest. Although in my case an even nuttier member of the public actually came and sat smack bang in front of me, then asked if he was in my way!! at least he didn't stay there long! So frustrating!

good evening all
now i know its not sunday morning and im not off ramberling but i thought i would share a few pics of some friends of ours that myself my daughter and my son have made

for the last two weeks we have been going to tamworth castle pleasure grounds to walk in the park and along the river bank
the wildlife in fantastic for a town centre park and one of the favs are the squirrels
they are so brave and not frighten to take food from your hands

we go armed with a large bag of nuts and sit quietlyunder the trees and the squirrels with sit in your hands and eat the nuts
its a simple pleasure but such a joy to be able to get close to our local wildlife

have you got anything for my pleeeaaassseee

this looks a good place to bury me nuts

staffslass those are really wonderful and i'm glad you didn't wait till Sunday morning to post them.
I find squirrels so funny, we have lots where I work, infact the hospital nursery named the nursery after them many years ago as we have so many. The hospital is right next to a park and the squirrels are fairly tame, by that I mean not scared of people or the cars.
Look forward to more of your ramblings, this is a lovely thread, thanks staffslass.

littlewid-x-

thankyou littlewid
we love the squirrels to their so cute but cheecky with it
they are so brave their not frightend to come and sit in your hands and eat all the nuts even this years babies are doing it

its the look they give you when they have eaten all the nuts
its as thought to say is that it no more right im off
and off they go to find some other member of the public with a bag of nuts

it's the same when we pull into the car park at work staffslass, they look at us as if to say "I'm not moving, you can" they are so cheeky and thats what I love about them.

littlewid-x-

good afternoon folks

beings as it was such a lovely morning i thought it would be a good idea to take a walk around borrow pit lakes just on the outskirts of tamworth town centre
so i slipped out very early this morning before the world had opened its eyes to enjoy the peace and the quiet and wildlife

its a man made lake mainly used by angerls and dog walkers
but it holds a wealth of wildlife, forna and flora and insects

i saw some great stuff including a pair of great creasted greebs with a young one
a group of very large carp in one of the smaller top pools sun bathing and playing about
a pair of swans with one young one
and a mallard with 6 fluffy chicks


borrow pit lakes



yellow flag iris



common mallow

oh and i forgot to say
the highlight of the morning was a family group of reed warblers
i could hear them making a racket and wondered what they were as i hadnt heard a bird call like that before
then i could see them flitting about and then they poped their heads above the reeds
i thought they might be warblers of some kind but wasnt sure what
so when i got home i looked through my books and narrowed it down between a sedge warbler and a reed warbler
but the more i read the more i was convinced its a reed warbler
i would have loved to have got a pic but they just didnt sit still lol

That looks lovely there Staffslass - very peaceful. Beautiful Iris

thanks for sharing

Lai

thankyou Lia
it is very peacefully early in the morning lol
thankyou for your comments on the iris
staffslass

Borrow Pit looks a vast expanse of water staffslass, very tranquil, I love water.
Gorgeous flowers, funny but yellow and mauve/purple are my favourite flower colours.
Your rambling pics are always a delight to see.

littlewid-x-

borrow pit isnt to bad takes about an hour on a gental stroll
it is fairly quiet to unless you bump into the odd dog walker or fall over the odd fisherman lol
and thankyou for your lovely comments on the pics

Your welcome staffslass, look forward to your next ramblings and watch out for those fishermen

littlewid-x-

Borrow Pit looks like a nice place to lose yourself for a while.

Love the photos Staffslass. The Iris is a lovely colour. Keep the pics coming I love looking at other photos.

SM

Great pics Staffslass Love the ones of the Squirels Mrs S would love to do that get them to eat out of her hand, and she's mad on flowers, it's nice to see some growing in the wild. It really looks nice there at Borrow Pit, but be careful of the fishermen
WS

good afternoon all

another installment for my sunday afternoon ramberlings

today i went to a place called alvecote woods in the little village of shuttington warwickshire

it is owned by a cpl who bought the land a few years ago and are now helping the acient wood back to health with nature conservation and all their own hard work
unfotuneatly it is not open to the public as a rule but they do have open days which is what they did today

the wood its self is beautifull they have greated lots of small woodlands grass medows wild flower medows and ponds

amongst the things we saw were
common brown hawker dragonfly: which flew round our heads and promptly landed on my sons hand but before i had chance to take a pic it was off

red tailed bumble bees : which had made a nest in an old rabbitt hole


fox glove



ornamental poppy



backet fungi


borage