WE ARE NOT ALLOWED OUT , SO I AM MISSING MY TRIPS WITH NATURE GREATLY, BUT I'VE GOT LOTS OF IMAGES FROM YEARS AGO SO I HAVE TO  MAKE THE BEST OF IT.

I really feel cut off from the outside world but with how our police are operating it's really not worth attempting to get out for a birding trip as fines are being handed out and from what I read they are threatening to take away your license for a year if you are caught driving out of your area for no good reason, I have also been warned to be careful with my blog and[ Facebook  which I cannot be bothered with anyway] as they say the Police are scouring these sites to see who has been out birding or anywhere they shouldn't have been and fines  will arrive through the post, but to be fair we are all supposed to be staying at home  in an attempt to drive down the numbers of new infection cases which today exceeded 40,000. Its starting to get to the stage of last one out turn off the lights and lock the door. These are really very grim and dark days and our death rates are by far the worst in Europe. I'm afraid the idiot factor has got to learn and stay at home.

RUTLAND WATER 26TH  OCTOBER 2017. LYNDON RESERVE.

A trip out to Rutland Water  after the Ospreys were long gone but well worth the visit, would love to visit today , but never mind. Anyway I doubt if I would make it to Waderscrape  Hide with my gammy  knee.

Great White Egrets Manton Bay.

This pair having the start  of a tussle  on the far side of the bay near the Osprey nest. 340 metres.

Osprey Nest, Manton Bay.

It won't be long before the cameras will be back in place and these amazing birds  return to the nest site , but I think it will be another season without monitoring duties.

This one fortunately a considerably amount  closer.

Great Crested Grebe, Waderscrape Hide.

Always plenty about and fun birds to watch.

Greylag Geese Eyebrook Reservoir 26.10.17.

A goose we see in large numbers at Eyebrook all year.

RUTLAND WATER EGLETON RESERVE 12.10.17

Little Egret, Egleton Reserve, Crake Hide.

Always a hide I like to visit  as you get some birds really close.

Cormorant, Crake Hide.

Always fascinated with the green eye.

Grey Heron, Crake Hide.

Just managed to catch the bird as it flew in.

Wigeon, Crake Hide.

We get large numbers around the reserve.

Gadwall, Shoveler Hide, Lagoon 3.

 Another duck that arrives in reasonable numbers.

Mallard, Shoveler Hide, Lagoon 3.

A beautiful but underrated duck.

Male Smew, Sandpiper  Hide, Lagoon 4.

A duck at the top of my list, this is a long distance shot but I remained in the hide and he slowly came closer.

I Think other than a Mandarin Male, this is my favorite duck.

Shelduck, Sandpiper Hide , Lagoon 3.


A bird I tend to see more at Reservoir.

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Snipe, Lagoon 3 , Sandpiper Hide.

Hiding in amongst the reeds.

Wigeon, Lagoon 3 , Sandpiper Hide.

A bird that arrives in reasonable numbers.

Northern Pintail,  Lagoon 3, Sandpiper Hide.

Another favourite of mine.

Using tail as a counterbalance whilst feeding.

Shoveler Duck, Lagoon 3, Sandpiper Hide.

Shoveler Drake, Lagoon 3, Sandpiper Hide.




Thank you for your visit, I hope you have enjoyed it as much as I did when getting the image, hopefully soon I will manage to get out  and get some new images but until then, 
it will have to be all our yesterdays.