My Blog has Moved. :)

Hi I'm just logging on here to tell you that ( and you probably gathered this )  I hopped over to wordpress and I now blog under the name of Sunshine and Celandines. I've actually been there for two years now. Ha I know you missed me!  My new blog features more than just wildlife and nature notes. I blog recipes, places I visit and vintage goodies too. Anything that takes my fancy really. :)

The sad news is our beautiful Jakey died in January. He was 14 by this time so was a good age for a lab. He does appear over at sunshineandcelandines on many of my earlier posts and we still enjoyed many walks ( though slightly shorter ones) and camping trips. Miss him greatly.xx

If you fancy following my new blog please bob over and see me there.X

New years day by the river

Hi and Happy New Year! Today we had a walk down Edisford and discovered some new ducks on the block. :)

The usual Mallards.

But look,who is this handsome fella?

Jake getting impatient!

Blackbird

Bluetit tucking into lunch on a Ribble way sign : )

And a Great tit tucking into his!

Not a great picture of a Bullfinch but I don't see them often..

And here are the new ducks again.Not sure what kind of duck they are??

So Happy New Year and all the best for 2013.Xx

Autumn colours

Autumn is here and so are Autumns vibrant colours : ) Here are some more shots from the fields near where I live.

Pendle Hill and Railway bridge

Siluette of mistle thrush

Trees and sky

Autumn Leaves

What is it with robins? They just love their pics being taken : )

Coal tit

And another Robin!

A pretty house through the trees : )

IVY

Golden leaves

And more golden leaves : )

Hope you enjoyed our pics from the weekend X

Birds and Berries

The Sun was shining So I thought I had better make the most of it and take a walk down the fields and by the river.There are now Plentiful fruits and berries for all you foragers out there including blackberries, hawthorn berries,rosehips, elderberries and sloes. Sloe gin anyone??

Spied a couple of these pretty Speckled Wood butterflies hovering around the bramble bushes. Love their autumnal colours. : )

Down by the campsite the birdies were ignoring the berry bounty and feeding on seed that some kind campers left out.

Nuthatch

Bluetit

By the brook the purple water mint is still in flower along with meadow sweet and Indian basalm.

And to end heres a very un camera shy Robin. Tweet Tweet. X

Clitheroe Castle

Sorry I have been a bit sparse with my nature spotting recently. I must admit Jake is taking most of his walks round the castle now which is closer to our home than the fields. He is getting on a bit .Nearly 91 in dog years! Still he can run all the way up the Keep faster than me...which says alot about my fitness.Here are some of our shots from our walks this week including some beautiful butterflies. : )

Between the showers

Wandered down our usual haunts this morning,through the fields by the brook and on to the river.Of course the weather is being so eratic at the moment that one minute it was glorious sunshine, the next a torential downpour.I spied a gleaming kingfisher darting downstream though he was to quick for me.Jakey was good and quiet though when I snapped a couple of Jenny wrens. : )

Lower Standen and Edisford.

Long tailed tit

Yarrow

Great willowherb

Selfheal

Burdock

Mallard

Hemp Agrmony

Went for a little stroll without Jake in the hope of capturing some birds and butterflies on camera.But he must be my lucky charm(despight being very noisy as he crashes through the undergrowth!) as without him I didnt photograph as much as i hoped.But heres what I found! Jake will feature next time I promise. :)