A few from today

 

Ringed Plover

Yellow Wagtail

Chiffchaff

Pied Wagtail

                                                            Meadow Pipit

Carp fishing at Langholme Lake with Tom

Tom has had a brilliant year so far at his Carp fishing syndicate, Langholme Lake. I have posted a few of his best fish pics from this summer, hope you like them. 

Spot on 25 lb 

25lb 7oz

26lb

27lb 9oz

and then he hit on the big ones ! A happy, smiling Tom x

32lb 5oz a new UK PB

So, fast asleep at 6am and my phone rings......Tom. "Are you awake?".....clearly the answer to that question was yes, I am now !  "Can you do us a favour and bring me a battery for my camera down to the lake please?"  The lake being 15 miles away and it's 6am. "I've got a personal best and my battery is flat". So fleece ontop of PJ's and Simon navigating as I didn't have a clue where to go. Up for parents of the year award I recon!  And here it is, Tom's new UK record weighing in at 32lb 5oz. A lovely monster of a fish. He had drawn quite a crowd around his peg when we got there as everyone loves to see a PB and we did stay for an early morning vanilla coffee x

But his record didn't last for long .........

Tom should have been fishing at Crete Lakes in France last week but cancelled his trip due to the 2 weeks quarantine on trips from France. So he headed down to Langholme Lakes, his carp syndicate, for a few days. He started the week with a 25lb and was well pleased with that until this one came out. A new UK PB for Tom, just by a few ounces, this one topping the scales at 32lb 8oz. This time his batteries were fully charged !  An excellent fish that made up for his cancelled France trip. 

Wryneck, Spurn

 

These little owls never fail with a sighting on the way there and again on the way home x

Hopping over from one lot of ants to the next !

Our first wryneck this year and it certainly didn't disappoint that's for sure. Excellent views were had by all as the bird wolfed down ants, slept, ate more ants and slept in the Canal Scrape car park exit. It had a few near misses with cars, motor bikes, people and dogs totally oblivious of its existence. Bit of a mistake to go to Spurn on a Bank Holiday Monday, never in our lives have we seen so many people at Spurn, just why do they go and what the heck do they do ?  The road was covered in parked cars the whole way down, absolutely ridiculous. And that brings me to the ring of photographers that were laying in the road.......just why do you need to get that close with a 600mm lens ?