Birtle Morning

Birtle Lodge, Rochdale  - 2.11.18

The sun's out this morning so I've decided not to waste the opportunity to spend to spend a couple of hours around the lodge up at Birtle, the last time there was a small group of Wigeon were present giving some good photo op's and theres always a change that Goosander will drop in.

As I only have a couple of hours free I have a quick scan to see what's about before I go to the trouble of unpacking all the gear, the Wigeon are still present dabbling on the surface weed amongst a group of Canada Geese so it's back a short distance to the car to collect the gear.

It's windless and the surface water flat calm, the light is reflecting some nice autumn colours in the water so all looks good for some decent images. The Wigeon arm't for are coming close but a pair of Little Grebe happily cruise close by occasionally diving and popping up only meters away when you least expect it.

The quiet of this small Birtle lake is a contradiction to all the hustle and bustle of a large metropolitan borough, the piece only occasionally broken by the squabbling Coots or the Black Headed Gulls looking to dive bomb and rob the grebes of there catch, some times it's all you need to do on days like this is to sit quite and watch.

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Little Grebe