Wildlife on Ricky Moorhouse

Birds on Galveston Island

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

As I hadn't adapted to Central time and still waking up close to UK time I headed out early and drove down to Galveston Island to try and see the local brown pelicans. In Galveston, they get both the brown pelicans, and the invasive white pelicans which have tried to take over.

There is a vast length of beach along the island, and it was so peaceful in the early morning, with just the birds (and the bird watchers) about! I first stopped at a beach side car park and saw the Laughing Gulls and the Willets. Then on the way back along I stopped at Galveston Fishing Pier to see what more I could see if I was a bit further out into the sea. There I was treated to a group of Pelicans flying across in front of me at the end of the pier.

Bee visitors

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Here are a few of the bees that have visited our garden so far this weekend:

Bee from rickymoorhouse on Vimeo.

Center Parcs 2008

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:13:09 +0000

We had a lovely holiday last week at Center Parcs - we'd booked it almost a year ago to make use of the discount they give if you rebook within 28 days of getting home so we were looking forward to it for a long time! It was so different to last time we went, as last time Abi was only tiny and not yet moving around, so we carried her around in the sling most of the time. This year she likes to walk around for herself and currently has a fascination with stairs - so every time she saw steps of any kind she would say 'up stairs' (even if she was at the top of them!) and head towards them. Also this year she was big enough to travel round in a bike trailer which after getting used to it she loved. Having bikes seemed to make everywhere seem so much closer and easier to get to.