{"id":1880,"date":"2016-09-16T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1880"},"modified":"2016-09-16T19:20:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-16T18:20:13","slug":"lower-moor-farm-may-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hlbphotography.com\/blog\/2016\/09\/lower-moor-farm-may-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Lower Moor Farm \u2013 May 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

05:30 seemed a horrendous time to be getting up on a Bank Holiday Monday but I had heard a while ago that Otters had been seen at Lower Moor Farm<\/a> and this was the first chance I’d had to get there early.<\/p>\n

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It was overcast when I got to the site at\u00a007:30. I popped into the first hide to have a quick scan and was greeted by the site of a pair of Mute Swan’s and their 2 Cygnets, the rest of the lake was quiet. I then headed to the hide at Swallow Pool where the Otters had been seen. After a fair few hours of watching,\u00a0unfortunately\u00a0I hadn’t seen any. \u00a0I did however see Mallard’s fighting (trying to drown each other might be a better\u00a0description!), Greylag Geese flying over, Blue tits feeding and a Kingfisher that did a few\u00a0flybys! The Muncjac Deer took me by surprise as it was just to the right of the hide, about 25ft away. It was spooked by a man that came into the hide though unfortunately so I only managed to take a couple of photographs before it ran off.<\/p>\n

On my way back to the car park I again popped into the hide on Cottage Lake. I like that the bird table is quite close so you can clearly see the smaller birds that come to feed. \u00a0I wasn’t expecting a squirrel to show up though! but it\u00a0obviously had learnt the bird food is there and was happily eating what it could. On the way out I walked around the pools to see what smaller creatures were about. I’m still learning which insects are which and still get confused, so have to rely on the\u00a0Internet\u00a0when I get home to help me out!<\/p>\n

My full list of sightings for the day were:
\nBirds:<\/strong> Mute Swan, Robin, Chaffinch, Mallard, Reed Bunting, Blackbird, Long-tailed tit, Blue tit, Bullfinch, Woodpigeon, Carrion Crow, Kingfisher, Moorheen, Dunnock, Great tit, Canada Geese, Great Crested Grebe, Greylag Goose
\nMammals:<\/strong> Muntjac Deer, Grey Squirrel
\nInsects:<\/strong> Common Blue Damselfly, Green Nettle Weevil<\/p>\n

Below are a few record shots of some of my sightings…<\/p>\n

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