Wheatears

 

Wheatears - the day stared well and just got better...... !!

Tree Pipit

 

Another one of our local walks that always holds something good. We heard this singing as I parked the car, but we knew they were due back any day having failed with them last week. This one was singing it's heart out,  just arrived and on with the it, wonderful to hear and see!

Roe Deer

 

One of our local walks that we do a few times a week and these lovely roe deer are always around. 

Photographers ruining the hobby

 

Here we see a prize idiot at Langford Lowfields. The site is still a working quarry and even with a 600mm lens some photographers still have to get closer and closer and then another step closer. Glad the security chucked him off the site for trespassing, he was well off the footpath and  got what he deserved. 

Cheers !!

 

Just look at this beauty !  It's been so long........and it was as good as it looked. Bottoms up !

Fallow Deer this evening

 

An evening walk, hoping for a whitethroat to add to the years tally, and out strolled this wonderful fallow deer with three of his ladies. He watched us watching him before he walked back into the trees and disappeared. One of those wow moments !

A walk at Barton

 

A distant Red-throated Diver in the heat haze

Lots of cetti's warblers singing their hearts out, always heard and not very often seen. Luck was on our side, we had cracking views, but very brief !

Sedge Warbler

Cute  xx

Bottlenose Dolphins, Bempton Cliffs

 

Haven't seen the sea for around a year and was as excited as a kid when we finally arrived at Bempton.......it must be national roadworks day ! Not too many folk there which was just as we had hoped. Headed to the viewpoints to the right as there seemed to be less people that way and we were soon told that a couple of bottlenose dolphins had been seen. We soon had them in our sights but they were going out to sea but then we picked up a few more close up and then a few more !  Oh my dear Lord, it was a magical moment. We saw around 15 although double that amount were reported. Absolutely fantastic, well made up for the day !  Happy, smiling faces all round !!

Prince Philip

 

On our local post box today xx

An evening with badgers

 4 badgers out this evening in the fading light of the day. Love them xx