A bit of a catch-up

 

Yellowhammer singing from the tops

Cygnets - little balls of fluff !

Never far from killing here in North Lincs.....seems to be a bird scarer or banger now in most fields and then they need a platform to kill the deer. Nature doesn't stand a chance !

Roe Deer watching us x

Green Sandpipers at Blacktoft Sands

A distant buzzard in the heat haze

and a fantastic postbox topper xx

A few bits from last week

 

Common Blue

Chicken of the Woods

Poppy meadow

Marsh Harrier

A garden frittata made with new potatoes, spinach, spring onions and herbs.....all from our garden that morning. Made by Simon for a late breakfast and it was delicious !!

A beautiful rainbow over Blacktoft Sands

Common Lizard

Common Tern

Four-spotted Chaser

A garden frog......we have many !

The Major Oak looking very say indeed, infact almost dead. I used to play inside that tree as a kid and that was many years ago !

Muntjac

Nightjar

Common Spotted Orchid

Painted Lady, hundreds about just lately, we see them everywhere !

Small Copper

and a yellowhammer in the sun

More stonechats, buzzards and bits

 

Coughing up a pellet

A beautiful stonechat in the sun

What a difference a bit of blue sky makes !

Our local male hen harrier is still around but afraid he has not come close all winter

Cracking !

Buzzards and Kestrels

 

Greyer than grey sky

Lunch !

Kestrels in the fog !

1000's of pinks

and a few stonechats