What have you seen

We had the very spectacular red sun this morning here in East Lancashire.

But now the wind is getting stronger, and too cloudy to see any sign of the sun.

Take care, everybody.

Anyone on Baltic Wharf could take the chance to see the Red Deer in Ashton Court (Bower Ashton entrance). They are just beginning the rut, stags gathering the Hinds together.

Passed by earlier and heard the dominant stag bellowing

We also had the red sun this a/noon in Kent, I tried to take a picture of it but it didn't show it in it's true colours, very beautiful to see if some what a little eerie. Beautiful time of the year.

We had a blue sky morning, then a very strange orange/grey mist (associated with a very odd smell of a mix of spiced woodsmoke, and seaweed), then the orange mist lifted, and the sun appeared bright red in the sky.  We too tried to take photographs, and whilst it appears surrounded by red it doesn't show just how red the disc itself was.

Then the sun came out, and it was a bright sunny afternoon, and very warm, but then followed by increasingly strong winds.  Now the wind seems to have dropped again.  What an interesting day.

Unfortunately we've just moved on down to the Dorset coast near Abbotsbury. Might see a few swans there!

On the last day in Germany (Saturday) saw an osprey and a rough legged buzzard, too far for meaningful photo shots. 

And now, for something completely different...

Using up old tomato compost bags to top up garden pots we spotted a resident already in place. So we carefully replaced the toad in his hole (or home?) and hope he continues to enjoy life in our garden.

European Black Redstart taken in Winsen Aller, Germany

That's  one  good  picture  there  OP,  made  me  quite  jealous !!

The wind had abated for the day, so took a walk around Westhay Moore this afternoon. Rather cloudy, but nice to get out hoping for a sighting of Bearded Tits, but non found. Sightings included distant Bittern and Marsh Harrier, Kestrel and a couple of Egrets.

The only close up shots were of a flock of Longtail Tits and a pair of Snipe.