Martin's Bird Blog & Nature Photos

Tag: Trees

  • 23rd May 2025 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    23rd May 2025 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    A walk around the park this morning brought a few surprises: the 14 goslings we had seen earlier in the week had all gone, presumably predated, and a grey heron, which we have not seen for a while, was back (presumably from the heronry to which they disappear at this time of the year).

    A grey wagtail leaping from one stone to another on the River Frome

    A wren, one of the noisiest birds but often the most difficult to see, beneath the tree canopy.

    The grey heron pretending to sleep

    The five cygnets were safe

    A cormorant gorging on the fish stocks in the park lake

    Lesser black-backed gull, surely no 1 suspect for the disappearance of the goslings

    Lesser black-backed gull

    Mute swan keeping a keen eye on its cygnets

    The grey heron perching on a fallen tree in the middle of the lake. There was an earlier attempt to remove the tree but coots had already started nesting there.

    Close up of the grey heron

    Red horse chestnut, popular in large gardens and parks in Britain

    The lake in the park

    Yellow flags on the park lake

    A beautiful hornbeam between the park lake and the River Frome

    We sat opposite the kingfishers nest on the River Frome for a while but there was no action this morning

    Beautiful demoiselle

    Female beautiful demoiselle

    Beautiful demoiselle in flight
  • 3rd November 2024 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    3rd November 2024 – Eastville Park, Bristol

    It was a very dull morning but I managed to find plenty of colourful things to photograph in our local park this morning. The kingfisher and tawny owl were the stars but coots, moorhens and a grey heron all had their place. None of them seemed too bothered by the park runners.

    Kingfisher

    Kingfisher

    Kingfisher

    Tawny owl

    Moorhen

    Coot

    Grey heron

    The avenue of trees were pretty colourful too.

    But this is definitely an urban environment.