A Slice Of Your Life 28/05/18 - 03/06/18

[Phil]

Week 2.

Show us what you're up to.

[Kobione]

A Bendigo day today. Looks like we certainly have an Autumn.:

[Black Pearl]

Out with the dog this morning - shooting with a vintage Hanimex lens for a bit of fun.

[Kobione]

Seems crazy when it's only two days away from our start of Winter, but our water supplies are down due to lack of rain - now, after this visit from a local water deliverer our tanks are full again!

[Ryewolf]

The week started with a bang - a loud one at that - at the War of the Roses day at Hoghton Tower

[Denis]

Moving movie scenary, the bar from one of the mission impossible films, gawd knows what one though, a virtual prize to whoever knows

 

 

 

Edited May 30, 2018 by Denis
removed duplicate image

[johntwo]

Managed 2-3 hours at the South Walney Nature Reserve - a rare treat and some much needed exercise.  Makes a point of the Grey Seal colony that is resident but in the event, you are not allowed near them or even near enough to use a long lens.  Spent my time walking the shoreline at high tide.  Lots of sea bird but I also saw this.  Can't positively ID it.  Think it might be one of the Pipet family.  Anyone any ideas.  (The image is a bit overblown and consequently heavily processed so not looking for IQ comments.)

[Denis]

Looks very similar to a summer plumage female Reed Bunting John, leg is ringed too..

Edited May 30, 2018 by Denis

[Black Pearl]

Picked up a new Fuji today - something for the boys to experiment with and for us to use on holiday...

 

[johntwo]

2 hours ago, Denis said:

Looks very similar to a summer plumage female Reed Bunting John, leg is ringed too..

Thanks Denis.  I think the Reed bunting is a bit chunkier and has different head colouring.  The female is close but seems to have a light flash across the eye rather than the dark flash on this bird.  The closest I can get is a Pipit but the beak doesn't look quite right - but my expertise is pure Google.

[Ryewolf]

9 minutes ago, John2 said:

The closest I can get is a Pipit but the beak doesn't look quite right

I'd agree not a Pipit, they have a longer more slender beak

[johntwo]

Thanks Rye.  It's a puzzle.

[Kobione]

The earthworks we had going on at home are now finished and...….. goodbye composting toilet, (which has been brilliant for 13 years), and hello new toilet with a flush button!! Yipee!!!!:

Empty space teatime yesterday:

And today:

 

[Denis]

Today's load, humanitarian aid for Oxfams distribution warehouse, 

[Clicker]

Looks like a Corn Bunting to me John.....

[Denis]

According to my RSPB book of British Birds,  a Corn Bunting has pinkish legs and a yellow tinge to the base of the beak Clicks, Johns shot seems to have  Reed and Corn bunting plumage !

[johntwo]

38 minutes ago, Denis said:

..................................................................................................................... Clicks, Johns shot seems to have  Reed and Corn bunting plumage !

...... and to cap it all, it's got one red foot and one grey foot.  

Edited May 31, 2018 by johntwo

[Clicker]

If it is a Twite it's on the conservation Red list John ....an exciting catch really ...

[Ryewolf]

It's been a bit of a quiet week for me, I've not been out with my camera since Monday.

[Clicker]

Me too Rye ..Sometimes other stuff takes precedence....

[johntwo]

9 hours ago, Clicker said:

If it is a Twite it's on the conservation Red list John ....an exciting catch really ...

You obviously read my last post before I deleted the reference to it being a Twite.  I did so because the images on Google show a bird with a yellow beak.  However, according to the RSPB handbook,  that's the male.  The female has exactly the beak shown in my image.  So I'm back to thinking that it is indeed a Twite.  Hadn't realised it is under threat though.  

[johntwo]

23 hours ago, Kobione said:

.............................................................................. hello new toilet with a flush button!! Yipee!!!!:

 

Looks to be a bit more spider proof as well Kobione.

[Jon]

Excitement abounds. Soon be Monday.

[Guest]

spent a week in Rhodes and visited this place among others 

[Denis]

From last evenings walk along the River...