Some Wildlife around Stanwick Lakes

These are just some of the photos taken on a visit to Stanwick Lakes...

Nice shots SM. It looks a lovely area to visit, I bet it's full of interesting wildlife especialy in the Spring
WS

SM, can I post my piccies from Stanwick Lakes in here as well?

Of course you can AM! Or if you want to start a new thread for AMs Stanwick Lake Pics you can do that too. Whatever you decide is fine!

Goody I love photos!!!

SM

Here are some of my piccies from last week!!

I need to stop taking pictures on the skew. I did have millie pulling me though

Oh look, its a Millie!!

And thats it for today! Hopefully I'll get some more later!!

Beautiful photos - and my favourite is ............................ Millie

Look forward to some more later.

Lai

Thanks for posting AM. Isnt the water and wildlife fab at Stanwicks. Your lucky to have gotten sunny days, the pics make me all warm. Good variety of bird life too.

Millie is a sweetie!!!

Like Lai, I look forward to more.

SM

Well off i toodled to Stanwick Lakes yesterday, leaving my camera behind as I had no luck on Wednesday at all, guess what .... the camera shy lot all came out! Well I managed to take some snaps on my phone but no where near as good as they would have been with the camera!! Thought I'd share!!

First came mummy duck with 9 babies


Then the geese with 19 between them, the younger family of chicks have appeared to have lost one though I'm sure there was 8 when I saw them last.

Lovely - thanks for sharing and they're really good from your phone!

Lai

Thanks Lai. I'll be back there again tonight, armed with my camera! Who wants to bet they will go all shy again and not be about?

Love them AM.

Its always the way, we never have our cameras when we need them, but your phone pics are a good quality.

Love the way the goslings swimming in lines like that and you can see one family is bigger that the other.

Very Nice.

SM

It really was cute!! As soon as we'd gone past they got back out the water again!! So funny!! I do like the way the two families seem to be sticking together. Is that normal behaviour for geese?

I'm glad you said what baby geese were called because I had no idea

Really great photos AM you are luckt to be living so near to such a beautiful place thanks for showing us, and Mrs S thinks Millie is beatiful to
WS

Thank you WS!! I'm incredibly lucky. I could actually walk there, but its a route I don't feel comfortable taking on my own and I think it would tire little Millie out to much to walk there, round the lake and back!! It has looked so beautiful this weekend, with the sun out. I've been heading up there before 9am, before it gets to hot and its still been very warm!! Mill struggled yesterday and kept flopping in the grass!! Will update with some pics later :)

ooooh more Pictures AM! Lovely. Look forward to seeing them

SM

Those are just gorgeous to see - what great photos Anne-Marie. Lucky you seeing all those lovely babies. I think i would have to spend hours there just watching them all (without the dogs )

Thanks for posting - when's your next visit? We need regular updates and more pics

Lai

Anne-Marie lovely photos. The little ones are soooo cute!

Are you going to do the Forums Goosewatch? Go on!

SM

I second that suggestion SM, Anne-Marie should do her own thread and be our Goosewatch Chief, those chicks are going to grow and it would be lovely if they had their own thread and we could all follow them up on a regular basis....Please do it Anne-Marie.....if we had a begging smilie I would put one up

They are simply stunning pictures and we need regular updates....PLEASE....start your own thread for them.

littlewid-x-

Great idea - How about it Anne-Marie ?

Lai

Ok, ok. You talked me into it. Chief goosewatcher!!

Was up there last night, I think we may have lost a chick not a good start to goosewatch. Need to check the picture to make sure. Mum was on camera duty yesterday though so need to see how they came out. I'll transfer all pictures to goosewatch thread when I can :)