On Saturday I had a brief wander down by the river near my daughter’s riding school as I was a bit early to pick her up. It may not be entirely obvious that I was by a river as I neglected to take any photos of the actual river but never mind! As it was brief there are only a few photos to share.
As usual I find it hard to resist an unfurling fern, and I do rather like the lovely bokeh I got in the background:
The highlight of my wander was hearing an unfamiliar bird, and actually managing to spot it and get a half-decent photo! Near the river in a patch of what appeared to be scrubby willows were a pair of Willow Warblers! Don’t think I’ve ever knowingly seen one before. They look very similar to Chiffchaffs, but they definitely had a Willow Warbler sound, not the chiff-chaff song. They were hard to photograph as they were hopping around a lot, but I think this shot’s not too bad:
And finally I got my first photo of the year of a Swallow 🙂 I had seen a couple on my travels over the last week, but this was the first time I had a camera in my hand when a Swallow helpfully paused in it’s busyness:
WOW!!! Lovely picture!!! It aligns really well with the monthly photography challenge I’m having on my blog right now. You could partake by posting the link to your photo as a comment on any of my blog posts.
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I love the photo of the fern!
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I love unfurling ferns – you really can imagine them being part of prehistoric landscapes. Great to see the Summer migrants returning too 🙂
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