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Photographed at Towneley, Burnley, on the 6th March 2012.

Seemingly proudly proclaimimg ownership of a monkey nut found in the crevices of the wall, this Jay was photographed at Towneley, Burnley, on the 6th March 2012.

Catching a rare shaft of sunlight, Standard 7P no. 70000 'Britannia' works the 'Cumbrian Mountain Express' northwards past Horton in Ribblesdale on the 3rd March 2012. The steam leg of the journey started in York and progressed through Leeds, Skipton, Settle and Appleby to Carlisle.

I've come across Curlew Sandpipers in the past, but I hadn't seen a Curlew Tit until I encountered this little fellow at Towneley on the 2nd March 2012.

Or so it appeared. Actually, this was an unfortunate Blue Tit which was being severely hampered by it's overgrown top bill, so much so that it was having great difficulty in picking up the peanuts which it was eyeing, dropping most and abandoning them to other more fortunate birds..

'Spotted' at Towneley, Burnley, on the 3rd February 2012.