Autumn leaves at Nostell Priory
A bright, cold morning today so anoother walk photographing autumn leaves at Nostell Priory along with a whole host of birds too. The lower lake had good numbers of goosander and wigeon as well as the usual waterfowl and the local heron performed very well, as did kingfisher. The stars of the show for me were a couple of carrion crows that posed beautifully for me, allowing some great portraits of a normally shy bird. In the specimen trees behind the house, there were big numbers of tits, goldcrest, chaffinch and a few brambling, but no sign of the report firecrest from last week.