Monday, August 30, 2010

Wheatear





A young wheatear was on the fence on our local patch this morning. Also there were a few whinchats and 3 juvenile kestrels playing.

Red Admiral


Sweet Chestnut

What a stunning tree full of lumps, bumps, twists and turns. Fabulous.

Ruff


Osprey



Very distant !

Greenshank





Common Terns


Messingham Nature Reserve

Spurn

Love this place x

Common Sandpiper





Baby Barley



This summer, a friends horse gave birth to this little beauty, Barley. Here she is, about 10 days old.

Lucy Loo

Love the sun tan..........can't wait to see you xx

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Cuckoo



A day at Spurn saw spotted and pied flycatchers, this cuckoo, red backed shrike, lots of whinchats and an icterine warbler. So, not a bad day!

Spoonbills




Spoonbills





Spoonbills





13 Spoonbills at Gibraltar Point, quite a sight. One of the pics above shows one with a small fish. This is the most we have seen together in the UK.

Little Egret




Little Egret





A lovely morning at Gibralter Point to see the 13 Spoonbills, which was a fabulous site. This egret was very obliging coming quite close to the hide. Apart from the spoonbills, there was little else there.