Occasionally, but not often, you get one of those days when you cannot put a foot wrong. If I had avoided wildlife completely today, and gone to Deepdale instead, I would have seen PNE beat Reading 3-0 which would have been great. Instead though, I chose wildlife, and I'm glad I did.
The Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Spark Lane Rufford this morning was, for some reason, alive with Pike...
The Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Spark Lane Rufford this morning was, for some reason, alive with Pike...
Pike. An eleven pounder. Spark Lane, Rufford, Lancs. Caught on a sardine I bought from Morrisons the same morning.
Moments later, this Pike. My biggest ever: 12.5 pounds. Many thanks to those incredulous ramblers who stopped to take pictures.
Pike: 6.75 pounds. Ordinarily a good fish, but overshadowed by the previous two monsters.
And another Pike, much smaller this time, on a lure
Arriving home at around noon, I went out again on a shopping errand. Just around the corner, a small group of birds caught my attention...
Waxwing, 11/03/17, Blackthorn Drive, Penwortham. There were 14 of them altogether, snatching flies from the air like flycatchers.
Not finished yet, a trip to Martin Mere completed our day. Mark and I headed for the hides whilst the wives and kids perused the enclosures.
Whooper Swan, 11/03/17, Martin Mere Lancs.
Common Toads, 11/03/17, on the footpath near Ron Barker hide. Martin mere, Lancs. Of course: its that time of year again.
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