Togetherness

Togetherness (for Mute Swans) - is a romantic breakfast under a Willow Tree,

eating submerged plant life from the edge of a lake.

Lumix GH3. 12-35 f2.8 lens. 1/800 at f8. - 0.66ev. 30mm. ISO200

NB. Unfortunately having now looked at them on the post, these images didn't appear as well as the originals that I uploaded.

More Flooding in the Parkland

The flooding in the Parkland area where I regularly walk has increased. 

It does give one the opportunity to shoot some more interesting images, due to reflection on the water, shooting into the direction of the sun and helped by specific cloud formations.

A few more normal scene shots to show the increase.

Flooded pathways shown in the two images below.

The river below is the line of water on the right and it has risen to the top of the banks.

The main body of water is actually a field.

Hopefully this will be the last images I shoot of flooding this Winter and there is something more interesting to shoot. Problem with the flooding is that it restricts where one can go and observe.

Parkland Walk - The Latest

Scenes from my latest Parkland walk.
The main subject to 'Crow' about in this post is flooding.

Lumix GH3. 35-100mm f2.8 lens. 1/640 at f4. 100mm. ISO200

The river below runs through the entire length of the Parkland and as can be observed is flooding to the top of its banks.

This tributary (below) runs from that river (above) into the largest of the three lakes in the Parkland.

Don't think I will try and walk over the bridge on this occasion.

Blue Tit feeding on Alder seeds

With all the flooding there is no fishing for this Grey Heron so he is just sitting it out.

While I was taking some shots of this dead plant (above) I noticed a group of gnats flying up and down

 (as they do) in the same location.

Lumix GH3. 35-100mm f2.8 lens. 1/4000 at f2.8. 100mm. ISO1600

There are still lots of Wigeon in the smallest of the three lakes.

Lumix GH3. 100-300mm lens. 1/500 at f8. 300mm. ISO400

Hazel catkins are showing already.

The best way to travel along this river bank at the moment is on horseback. It gets very muddy underfoot along this particular walk. I will leave that to the horse for now and wait till the Summer when I can shoot butterflies and dragonflies in that area. 

"Glazed" Fungi.

I no nothing about fungi, but a quick search reveals that this may be Velvet Shank (Flammulina veluptipes)

More flooding scenes, this time in the meadows area, which is prone to flooding at the best of times.

Lumix GX1. 14mm f2.5 Lens. 1/250 at f8. ISO160

This below is a small pond area that is fed from the main river. 

It to is flooded and you can normally see a bank in front of those trees.

Goldfinch

We are fortunate to have some colourful resident species of the 'Finch' family. 

The Goldfinch in particular is very colourful and makes a good subject for photographs.

I was watching a small flock feeding and flying to and from trees. 

What really shows up when they fly are the flash of yellow on their wings.

Seeds form a major part of their diet and they are expert at finding them in a variety of flora.