Rye Harbour Sunsets

We've had some lovely sunny days over Christmas, and I've been down to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve a few times to make the most of it. Here's a few snaps of the sunset there a couple of days ago:

Walking back along the beach I saw this huge flock of Oystercatchers...

Of course, they took off as I approached! I felt a bit bad for disturbing them, but it was past sunset by this point so I knew they'd be heading to the lake for the night soon anyway...

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

Swans and Sunsets at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve

Last Sunday I went for a walk around Rye Harbour Nature Reserve at the end of the day. The timing was perfect for a great sunset!

The lakes are now filled with Swans:

And ducks, such as this pair of Gadwalls - first time I've ever seen these!

Here's the female Gadwall on her own:

And the male Gadwall:

I was pleased to get a shot of a Cormorant flying overhead, though the light was fading a bit by this point:

It's all a far cry from what it was like back in May:

There's still a lot of birds around, but it's much more peaceful now.

Going back to the sunsets, I'll finish with a few more of my favourites...

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

Sunset in Rye Harbour

Yesterday saw a beautiful sunset in Rye Harbour Nature Reserve:

We'd been having a walk around the lakes and the beach, and timed it just right coming back! The lakes look completely different to a couple of months ago. Back then, they looked like this:

Now, the water level is higher and all the gulls are gone, leaving the lakes to ducks, such as these Mallards:

And also some Little Egrets, which were busy fishing:

It's much quieter now, without the gulls and their chicks - but I'm sure they'll be back next Spring!

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

New Year sunset 2013

After the seemingly endless rain of 2012, it was great for the first day of 2013 to be wall-to-wall sunshine! We went for a walk down to Rye Harbour Nature Reserve at sunset and got a few pics on the walk to the sea...

We also made it to the wood briefly, just one photo from there, but an important one: a Blue Tit. We've not seen them in the woods at the feeder this winter, and were wondering why, but this one was over in Sweep Wood. Not sure if there are fewer of them, or if they are just in different parts of the wood for some reason...

Happy New Year!

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

More Camber Sands sunsets

Some more sunset pictures from the dunes...



I'm getting all the sunset pictures I can at the moment, as we're moving house soon so won't be right next to the dunes any more...

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

Sunset at Camber Sands

I popped up on to the dunes at Camber Sands this evening with Tracy, and got a few pics of the sunset. I'll start with my favourite, then the rest are in time order. Enjoy!












Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.

Sunset at Camber Sands

There's been some brilliant sunsets the past couple of weeks, and a few days ago I got out to the dunes at Camber Sands to get a few photos, so here you go:
Hope you liked them! :-)

Mike

Click here to read the rest of this post.