Fairburn Ings
We were at a bit of a loss for something to do last week, and the weather was too nice just to sit around home all day, so we knocked together a bit of a picnic, and headed over to the RSPB's Fairburn Ings reserve. There's quite a lot going on this time of year, with plenty of new arrivals turning up for the spring.
Even better, they've enlarged the viewing ports on the fence in front of the feeding station so those of us with large telephoto lenses can get shots through them - which is where this shot of a Long-Tailed Tit came from. I tried to get shots of them in more natural surroundings - but they won't stay still long enough! There's a few more shots in the Fairburn set on Flickr, and the full collection on my own photo albums, including a nice shot of a Goldfinch (also on a feeder) and a shot of a Snipe hiding in the reed beds.
Finally, watch this space, as I'm on holiday this week on my own (I had too much annual leave to use up before the end of the year), so I'm trying to work through both recent (ie last week) photos and the backlog I've built up (yes, the infamous Kenya photos...).
