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

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.