Snowdrops in the snow and some good news...

It has been snowing on and off all morning so I thought there could be some Snowdrop photos in the snow to be had but in reality not much of the snow is lying however managed some nice shots with the iPhone all pretty much sharp something I never seemed to manage with the Canon.  I also had some excellent news from N Lincs Council to say that the Jetskiers had dropped their planning application to move to my local nature reserve The Blue Lagoon so a good morning around!

Snowdrops at Normanby Park

I couldn't resist going into the park this morning, a beautiful frost on Snowdrops ..

Normanby’s Snowdrops on the way

The Snowdrops have been pushing their heads up for a month now and so are just entering their prime…

Snowdrops in Normanby

Having been away I have completely missed this years Aconites and really the Snowdrops are past their best however I couldn’t let a year go by without a few Snowdrop shots so here are a few taken this morning. Also in the Park this morning we have a pair of Nuthatches holding territory and one other male singing, I suspect that the pair are the same two we have feeding in the garden on a daily basis for the past ten days or so.

Normanby Park's Snowdrops Take 3

At last I have some half decent Snowdrop images but it took my old, battered Canon SD800 to get them - it trounced the Nikon P6000 and the Canon SLR with Sigma 10-20 and unlike my attempts with them, these are all hand held without the self-timer.  Also in the park this morning were; 33 Redwings, 3 Treecreepers, 30+ Goldfinch, 1 Grey Heron, 2 G S Woodpeckers drumming, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Jay, 15 pairs of Jackdaws all at nest sites but still no sign of our Nuthatches.  At the bird feeding station were 22 Grey Squirrels but no birds!

If only this one wasn't over exposed!

More Snowdrops!

I was so frustrated earlier in the week trying to get some good macro shots of the Snowdrops and Aconites that I nearly threw the Nikon away and packed up photography altogether but the weather this morning is superb - a hard frost, blue skies and bright sun so into Normanby Park with a new approach - Wayne's Canon SLR with the Sigma 10-20 lens - if I can't get good macros then I'll go for wide angles!  All was going so well until the battery ran out - typical men half charged batteries in the camera and no spare in sight and to cap it all he has gone off with my Nikon so no back-up either.  Anyway here's the results, one measly photo - everything else out of focus.

Normanby's Snowdrops and Aconites

Took a walk in Normanby Park this morning primarily to take more photos of the snowdrops which to me have been better this year than in the previous few years - whether this is due to more frosts this winter I'm not sure.  Lots of bird song also and plenty of Great Spotted Woodpecker activity but no sign of the Nuthatches although 2 were in the garden this morning