Martin Mere Sunset

We're up in Preston today, and that means two things. Football for my other half and martin Mere for me.

It was a gorgeous afternoon with plenty of winter bird life. The football was a little disappointing with a draw.

I stayed until sunset, hoping for thousands of geese to come swooping in for their evening roost. It didn't really happen. May be they were roosting elsewhere?

I still had a really lovely afternoon with the whooper swans, the ruffs, even a couple of sightings of marsh harriers, and many, many more birds......