Today I met up with one of my Blip pals who doesn't live too far away from me and we visited Middleton Lakes RSPB Reserve.
There is so much to see there, with meadow walks, lakes, bird feeders, a heronry an much more. My friend is the queen of taking butterfly shots. I like taking macro nature shots. Here'a a selection from our walk...
Half way through our walk, we came across a lady with 2 gorgeous dachshunds. After admiring them, we noticed she had some meal worms and seeds in the palm of her outstretched hand. She told us that a robin flies down and takes the food from her hand, but that the robin was a little reluctant today with the dogs being there and would I like to try to coax her down!
Er....would I?!
Oh my word! She was sussing me out for a couple of minutes & then landed gently on my fingertips & took two of the meal worms to feed her baby who had come to sit on a nearby branch. She came to me twice more, again, going back to her nest to feed her family before returning.
She was absolutely adorable.
I will be taking the kids there very soon to see if we can find her again.
Towards the end of our walk we spotted two 'Great Spotted Woodpeckers'. This was a first for me. I've never seen a woodpecker in the flesh before :)
We ended our walk with cake of course ;)
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