Winter pictures 2024

[Bosscat]

New visitor to the feeders this morning ... never seen a Bullfinch here in LP before ...

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A little blurry as only managed to get one picture as he was off like a shot almost as soon as I picked up my phone to photograph him

[bfcjg]

According to VAR if we are attacking our players have winter footwear on.

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[Jakubclaret]

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Nr ribble estuary - Warton Bank.

[dougcollins]

New visitor to the feeders this morning ... never seen a Bullfinch here in LP before ...20240104_094541.jpg
A little blurry as only managed to get one picture as he was off like a shot almost as soon as I picked up my phone to photograph him

Strange you should say that, last week I had two birds in my garden that I've never seen before - a Bullfinch and a Goldcrest.

Not at the same time.

[Taffy on the wing]

That looks like a small Duck to me!

[Bosscat]

That looks like a small Duck to me!

You're Quackers

[Bosscat]

That looks like a small Duck to me!

That little duck was back this morning

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[ALP]

There has been a good number of waxwings this winter which has been a good do. These were in Barnoldswick.

Waxwing by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

Waxwing by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

[ALP]

Pendle

Pendle sunset 24 November 2023 by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

[ALP]

Singing ringing tree by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

[IanMcL]

We have a visit from Mr Weasel every few days.

[fatboy47]

We have a visit from Mr Weasel every few days.

Ron?

[ICL]

Winter visitor to the visitor centre at Clough Head Centre on the Grane road above Haslingden.
Paul Jackman is creating a cracking photography hide there, for people interested in bird photography. The picture is my wife’s not mine.

[ICL]

Another picture from Clough Head

[JohnMac]

I went to Clough Head on Monday for the first time, what a lovely set up he has created.

[Jakubclaret]

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Weir on the wharfe at otley.

[Rileybobs]

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Not a photographer (taken on my iPhone) but an incredibly clear night sky here in Guiseley, West Yorkshire.

[Jakubclaret]

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Looking towards ilkley from Chevin surprise view.

[dougcollins]

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Not a photographer (taken on my iPhone) but an incredibly clear night sky here in Guiseley, West Yorkshire.

Good to see Orion still holding his trousers up!

[Bosscat]

Treecreeper visited today yet another new garden visitor

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[Jakubclaret]

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A robin that insisted upon saying hello today & the river ure near newby hall.

[ALP]

Barn Owl by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

[Buxtonclaret]

Barn Owl by Andy Pritchard, on Flickr

One of my favourites, Andy.
Amazing watching them quartering the fields hunting.

[ALP]

One of my favourites, Andy.
Amazing watching them quartering the fields hunting.

They are stunning to watch, the amount of land they cover is huge too.

Cheers.

[Bosscat]

They are stunning to watch, the amount of land they cover is huge too.

Cheers.

A couple of times walking back from the Pub over the bridge at LP Station, we have had a ghostly apparition fly across making us jump ... as they are silent in flight

[Mala591]

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Obviously Pendle Hill. But where was the photograph taken from?

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

Old track between Gisburn and Barlick?

[Bosscat]

Snowdrops put

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[Taffy on the wing]

One of my favourites, Andy.
Amazing watching them quartering the fields hunting.

Are these common now?........i used to dream of seeing one when i was a kid.

[Buxtonclaret]

Are these common now?........i used to dream of seeing one when i was a kid.

Not common around the Buxton area, though do recall them as a kid.
Someone released a pair about 20 years back nearby us. Think I used to watch one of their offspring in the fields behind the garden.
As Alp says, they cover a big area. The sort of kept to a timescale so, you'd always a chance of seeing it.

Lived a brief time ( 2009) in Norfolk. Saw them every day there.
As with most of our wildlife, loss of habitat/pollution takes a toll.
Buzzards ( at a cost to kestrals ) seem to have had a population explosion.

[ALP]

Are these common now?........i used to dream of seeing one when i was a kid.

A lot more about than a few years back, at certain times of year we're tripping over them, that will do me nicely as I just adore owls.