Yellow Wagtail

 

A gorgeous yellow wagtail singing it's heart out this morning. Lots of flies around the blossom for breakfast !

Last week's bits and bobs

Lots of Bee Orchid rosettes well and truly up

We have 2 banks of these insect huts in the garden. These are a mass of bees, non-stop coming and going on a sunny day. I have a video that you can watch below

Black Tern last week at Far Ings, Barton

Coot and her cootlings xx

Our local forest with masses of tree felling.......in MAY !!

A garden frog that hopped out of a winter planter

There is actually no hope for the natural world when garden centres are now selling plants that deter insects

Great Northern Diver still at Covenham Reservoir

Yellow Wagtail

She is giving him a right telling off here !!

Marsh Harrier that walked out of the reeds at Far Ings, followed by his female. He wanted a bath which he thoroughly enjoyed but it looks like she chowed at him the whole time ! 

The first garden spinach of the year wrapped up with a sprinkling of cheese in a breakfast omelette, served with sourdough toast and flipping delicious !

If I say so myself, I am without doubt, the sausage roll queen !!

Skylark

A beautiful sunset

Twayblade, flower spikes up and budding

Yellow wagtails

Yellowhammer on the reservoir wall

 

A few from last week

 

Lots of arriving hirundines amongst the thousands of flies

Greenfinch

Loved up wood pigeons

Blackcap

Meadow Pipit enjoying the sun

A distant willow warbler singing away

and a yellow wag

A few from last week

 

5 common terns this morning

This sign is very welcome at Owlet Plantation. Been asking for one for years now as the pickers now take literally everything, they pick the forest floor clean and whatever is inedible is usually dumped in the car park when their pickings are sorted. We even see them identifying the fungus on their phones when not too sure.....wouldn't fancy eating their harvest ! 

Shouldn't think this sign will make any difference or deter the pickers but we have to try and now there is a sign I will certainly challenge any pickers I see

A distant green woodpecker giving it big licks on a telegraph post

Seen raven three days running and all at different places

Redshank feeding at the edges

juvenile robin

Stonechat

Yellow Wagtail and a Swallow

the fence line was covered in yellow wagtails but getting near them was a near impossibility