Freya and I ignored all the jobs we had to do on Monday (ok, mainly me) and enjoyed some much needed open space and fresh air at one of our favourite places, Whitlingham Country Park – and, goodness, it was worth it.
As we were looking at various ducks and swans and enjoying the peace and quiet something caught my eye out on the water. Luckily I had my big camera with me and when I zoomed in I captured the photo above.
I’m a bit clueless when it comes to bird identification but I knew it was big and wondered if it was a grey heron (later confirmed by the wonderful folks on Twitter). I’m sad that I didn’t see it fly away as I bet that would be a sight to see (maybe next time).
Speaking of birds, the day before we had a quick walk around our local park and just as we were about to leave I looked up to see a little robin singing sweetly in the tree. I managed to take a couple of photos before it was off but it was such a dark day and only one of them was really any good so I had a play around with another. What do you think?
After The Rain 
That’s a brilliant photo of the robin! I never seem to manage to get photos of birds. I’ve seen herons in flight – they’re quite magnificent!
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It’s gone on my bucket list 🙂 I think we will be visiting this spot more often.
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Herons are fabulous in flight and seeing one catch a fish is an awesome sight
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That would be too much, I think I’d cry with joy 🙂
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Lovely images 🙂 I took almost an identical shot of a robin last weekend (except mine didn’t come out as well!). There seemed to be loads about – I always thought they were quite territorial.
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I thought that too, it’s been years since I’ve seen one and I’ve seen four (in different places) recently.
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I love the capture of the robin mid sing song
Thank you for linking up
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Thanks, Darren.
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I really like the one you have played with. My camera’s zoom just isn’t good enough for shots of birds (unless it is our chickens!) but I have promised myself a new one once I have finished the camera course I am doing. Will you be adding these beauties to #AnimalTales?
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I hope you’re enjoying your course, Rosie. I will try to, I always worry because I don’t have as much time to comment on week days.
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Gasp! Beautiful! Love the robin in full song! I tamed a little Robin and how I loved that wee bird.
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Lovely photos! Lovely creatures. It always pay to have your cams with you for moments like this =)
#mysundayphoto
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Thank you, you’re right. It’s well worth lugging it around 🙂
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I always feel better for ignoring the jobs and getting out. Lovely captures
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I think I’m going to do it more often 🙂
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Love these! xxx
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I think you would have loved seeing the heron as much as me 🙂
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These are all great photo’s. It’s hard enough to catch a bird but to catch one singing! I can almost hear it #MySundayPhoto
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It was such a beautiful sound, even Freya commented on how lovely the bird was singing.
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Wow what a great photo, we have a couple of herons that nest near us and they always so amazing to see both along the canal and in flight too
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Cor! I would be there with my camera all the time! Hehe.
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What wonderful captures of the birds you saw – I love the two robin photos 🙂
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Thanks, Louise 🙂
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We stumbled across a Heron last summer in a deserted beach in North Wales but we didn’t see it fly, that would be an awesome sight. Lovely pictures Tara, I keep seeing Robins but Jack frightens them off before I even think of getting my camera out. The colours in your picture are stunning xx
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Thanks, Lisa. I’m going to go back and hopefully we will be lucky enough to see it again.
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These photos are so beautiful. My boy is learning about birds at school at the moment. He would be so excited if he see any of the above here. Thank you for sharing.
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I think I need to go back to school and learn about birds too. I’ve just bought a book to lug about with me so that I can identify them more easily.
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Great catch on the Robin. Whenever I see one it’s gone before I can take a picture. Sounds like you and Freya had fun.
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I was just lucky with this one. It was sat in a tree right beside us. It’s the first one I’ve been able to snap. We did have a lovely time, thank you 🙂
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Ah great photos – they are really tranquil!
I would love for you to link up to #SilentSunday too http://mummyconstant.com/silentsunday-6-march-2016/ 🙂
x
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Thank you. I used to take part in Silent Sunday but I really struggle not to use words (must be the journalist in me :))
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I am so impressed by your photographic wizardry, the robin is fantastic! I hope you get to see a heron fly one day, they are magnificent!! xx
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Thank you! It’s going on my bucket list for sure.
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Great shot of the Robin
Mollyxxx
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Thank you 🙂
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Lovely bird pics. The last one looks quite cool–sometimes dark photos can be fixed. 🙂
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I only know a few birds on sight, but I’m definitely sure that these photos are lovely. Thanks for sharing! ~Tara
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