Mere Sands Wood

Haven't spent as much time around here as i should do, lately, as it is a cracking little wildlife haven and compares favourably with it's more commercial neighbours. Anyway, this is just a general report of the state of play at this time of year on what you may expect to see, as it was the bank holiday weekend i spent all three days of it and the following weekend there, at the moment the place is awash with common blue Damselflies, i even spotted a large red this weekend

My first full day was last sunday, started with a brief view of the Kingfisher in hover mode, which i tried to capture








This was followed by a very nice view of a Fox wandering onto the island and then wandering off again, very nonchalant, i must say







Then it was Kingfisher action all the way, i will let the pictures do the talking





















Other birds on show were Crested Grebe with youngster, Little Grebes nesting, Tufted Ducks, Reed, Willow and Sedge Warblers and a nice Whitethroat nesting behind the visitors centre





and a few Four Spotted Chasers












And a Heron making a meal of a very large fish











Now i'm off to plan next weeks trip to Bassenthwaite for the Osprey and three chicks
hope to report on that next week

bye for now