acljohn's Journal

Circular walk- tried out iPhone app; easy to use but too cold to mess around with Position on maps. Sorted back home in warm.
Not sure my other half can put up with me adding records but I thought it was an enjoyable exercise.

Yesterday, my wife disturbed a couple of frogs on the way to our small garden pond so today I decided to try and capture some of the birds that visit the bird table. Why is it that they know when I'm ready and fly away? :-)

Walk today at Formby - through the forest and along the beach. The Lichen was an interesting find and I hope I've identified it properly. Gorse in flower, and 4 Jays seen; two on way to walk and two on the walk itself.

Patio doors open as the sun shines in the north west of the UK. Able to take better photographs without disturbing the birds. Photographs confirmed the sparrows that visit (about 10) enjoy the dust baths in what I'm trying to turn into a vegetable patch. That will have to stop! :-)

The Two male Eurasian Blackbirds (Common Blackbirds in UK) are quite different; one, the religious one, has a white collar; the other is, as you would expect, completely black.

Our visiting Wood Pigeons, 3 max at any time, are busy mating on the fence. The Eurasian Collared Doves (4 max at any time) are equally frisky but, none while watching today.

What a beautiful spring day! Decided to catch train to Ormskirk and walk back to Maghull.

I'm not sure if I should record everything we see as it is difficult to capture everything on camera. In fact it seems as if every time I turn the camera on (Sony Cybershot DSC-W170 10.1 megapixels), Birds, mammals etc. fly/run away. Grrrr!

So what does that mean? Well the Wren, Long tailed Tit, Stoat, House Sparrows, Goldfinch and a number of butterflies were not captured or mapped. After all, without the images how can others confirm the sightings?

Sadly the Timing belt on my car snapped so it's going to be an expensive day as well :-(