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| Pintail negotiating the ice at Martin Mere. Another day in February’s tour of the frozen meres of Lancashire and Cheshire. I was hoping that being relatively close to the coast Martin Mere would be relatively ice free. |
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| Unusually the highlight was the walk through the woodland edge down to the Ron Barker Hide. With few visitors the normal stampede was missing allowing a great opportunity to watch one of the local Song Thrushes hopping between the molehills stopping, listening and waiting as fresh mounds magically appeared. |
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| Joining the Song Thrush one of its close relatives the Redwing. | Far more wary the slightly smaller Redwing was also on the lookout for the appearance of a tasty morsel |
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| Tree Sparrow – one of Martin Mere’s specialities. |
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One of a pair of Tawny Owls in one of its more frequently used daytime roosts. |
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| Common Shelduck amongst the chaos and feeding frenzy at Martin Mere. I usually tend to give feeding time a miss however on an otherwise quiet day and with a new teleconverter to try out it was too good an opportunity to miss. |
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| Whooper Swan brushing the Mallards aside. |