Two Million Hits!

Overnight this website received its two millionth hit, another huge landmark for me. When I first initiated the website, as somewhere just to show a few images, I could never have imagined it would last this long and have this many hits. It has been responsible for me having images published in four books and numerous other media outlets. My ongoing blog continues to remain popular with visitors and has been for some time a fundamental part of the website, having about as many views as the images. Sometimes there are quiet periods, as there are in every nature watchers life, and when this inevitably happens you have to ‘Dig in’ and persevere and something will come along. This glorious summer is rapidly coming to an end and autumn is showing her face as the trees start to slowly ‘turn’, with Sycamore and Elder already exhibiting their beautiful autumn colours. Wader passage has been under way for some weeks and Ring Ouzels are being seen in a few coastal areas on their southerly back - migration. Similarly a sprinkling of Dotterels will also pass through the Brecon Beacons on their southerly journey.
At home we have had an abundance of runner beans in our garden this year and this week we have been boxing up hundreds of eating and cooking apples from our trees for storage over the autumn - we won’t be buying any apples for a while! Soon Susan and I will be going to visit North Norfolk, my favourite autumn bird – place. When we return our winter visitors will start to appear, Redwings, Fieldfares and hopefully some Grey Shrikes.
In conclusion, I intend to continue with the site for as long as I have the enthusiasm and more importantly the health, (we all want that), so once again I thank everybody who visits this site, (and hopefully enjoys it), and here's to the next million.
Steve.