We set the alarm this morning to make sure that we didn't oversleep again. After breakfast I left Heather working on her rope sculptures and headed for Leighton Moss RSPB reserve, a place I had been meaning to visit for some time. It is a reserve of vast reed beds and lakes, haunt of bittern, bearded tit, otter and red deer. I saw none of these on this first exploratory visit with no camera gear other than a red deer stag. Others could be heard roaring in the distance as the testosterone fuelled rut gets under way. The belling of the stags is primeval. Although I dipped out on the reserve's top line species I enjoyed a good couple of hours with 24 bird species including marsh harrier and marsh tit as well as red deer, fallow deer on the way and a couple of late Dragonflies.
On returning to the van we had a sandwich lunch and later wandered across the fields to Stavely where we enjoyed a pint in the Eagle and Child. The light was excellent and I was pleased to make some pleasing images of our favourite oak tree with the Kentmere fella in the distance. We are now settled cosily in the van looking out at a beautiful sunset as we cook pizza for dinner.
On returning to the van we had a sandwich lunch and later wandered across the fields to Stavely where we enjoyed a pint in the Eagle and Child. The light was excellent and I was pleased to make some pleasing images of our favourite oak tree with the Kentmere fella in the distance. We are now settled cosily in the van looking out at a beautiful sunset as we cook pizza for dinner.
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