Grey Seals at Donna Nook, Lincs

 

A bit of love on the beach !

The weather was not bad so we headed to Donna Nook on our annual trip to see the seals. Recon we were a week or two later this year, 1500 pups but all the action was well and truly over. No males scrapping, they had mated and gone and the younger males had now moved in. A fantastic number of pups which were all round and most now molting, ready for their life at sea. A lovely day if you can avoid the crowds !

Out and about, a few recent pics

 

Yellowhammer, quite a few down our track but always so mobile

A Christmas robin

Kestrels - we see many on our daily walks

Inkcap from a while ago

A few goldcrests on our forest walk today, pity about the sleeting rain and snow ! Another grey than grey day....... wishing we were somewhere sunny and birdy !

Our flock of corn buntings are still around

Coal tit

Buzzard

Blue tit in the sleet

Blackbird filling up on the yew berries

Crossbills

 

A few crossbills in our local forests, very mobile on a greyer than grey day

Covenham Reservoir, divers and a snow bunting

 

A very close snow bunting that was constantly flushed by a photographer (suppose his will be photo of the week!) and one that birders walked straight past with only a diver in mind !

One of the two red-throated divers on the reservoir

and a Great Northern Diver.  A three diver day !

Sir Nigel Gresley, 60007, pulling into Babworth Sidings, Retford this morning

 

Pulling in to take on water this morning. The road where the tanker normally stands was closed as it was totally flooded and still the rain fell !