Fishy business

Fish sp, River Tame, Coton

Garden warbler

Garden warbler

Garden warbler

Wednesday 2nd June 2010

My personal tally for Warks birds this year rocketed to 154 today with Spotted Flycatcher added to the list, just need to find Turtle Dove and then we can relax until late summer when return passage begins, we hope.

So its time to diversify. Leave the birds alone to get on with what they do and find other things to photograph. Trouble is you can only photograph Damselflies so many times. Of course if a Red backed Shrike pops up in the County I'll be there, camera and all. So whats a new challenge for the summer? Fish photography, could start a new trend here. Took some stunning shots today, even a flight shot which took some doing. Actually it wasnt really a 'flight' shot as such but the fishy equivalent. That is a fish rising to take an insect from the surface. The only trouble is I haven't a clue what the fish is. So if there are any fish anoraks out there I'd be interested to know.

Seems to be a good year for warblers in the Tame valley with Lesser Whitethroat and Garden warblers heard and seen at a number of locations today. Coton pool should be renamed Swan lake with over 100 birds counted from the hide.