I spent 4 nights at Rockley Holiday Park in early October and, while walking to my accommodation, I discovered a beautiful Peacock butterfly feeding on Mock Orange flowers
After I had unpacked, I walked to Rockley beach where a Little Egret was searching for food
There were lots of orange Pyracantha berries in the hedgerows
I then wandered up to the Ham Common Viewpoint where I could see many moored yachts and a distant Brownsea Island
Oystercatcher on the beach below the Ham Common Viewpoint
Another view of the moored yachts and distant Brownsea Island
The closest I am ever going to get to a White-tailed Eagle
The next morning I got the ferry from Poole Harbour over to Brownsea Island
A Peacock was displaying his very short tail feathers while standing in front of the church
A few of over seventy Spoonbills in Brownsea lagoon
Close view of an Avocet standing in front of the aptly named Avocet bird hide
Greenshank - also in front of the Avocet hide
I was lucky enough to be in the hide when a female Kingfisher flew over and perched on a pole
I then went into the woodland where a Red Squirrel was posing nicely on top of a tree trunk
Female Common Darter dragonfly resting in a patch of sunlight
Grey Wagtail on a fallen branch in the waterlily pond
Wren perching on a twig on the dark side of the woodland path
Greenfinch on a feeder on the light side of the woodland path
Female Pheasant blending in with the fallen autumn leaves
Back at the lagoon, a Black-tailed Godwit was standing in front of a small island
Female Shoveler duck on the left, Greenshank in the centre and Redshank on the right
Redshank with reflection
A went for a last look in the woodland before leaving the island and came across a Red Squirrel sitting on the ground
I loved my day on Brownsea Island and was planning to return there for a second time later in the week
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