Gallikos estuary, Greece

A first winter White-rumped Sandpiper at Slimbridge WWT - Gloucestershire showing the attenuated rear end & long primary projection evident in many Neartic waders. Just enough light in this one to show a hint of "rusty" fringing on the wing coverts & tertials.

Anna's Hummingbird resting on my blooming maple tree.

Yellowhammer - Salisbury Plain - Wilthsire

Waiting for the barn owl, Thornham harbour.

Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit at Slimbridge WWT

Gallikos estuary, Greece

Gallikos estuary, Greece

Gallikos estuary, Greece

Cuckoo - Surrey Heaths

Gallikos estuary, Greece

X-treme!

Cormorant with eel at Ham Wall RSPB Reserve - Somerset Levels

Chilreta, Little Tern (Sternula albifrons)

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Mergulhão-pequeno, Little Grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis)

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Black-winged Stilt - Slimbridge WWT - Gloucestershire

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Shapwick Moor - Somerset Levels

Whimbrel at Pennington/Keyhaven marshes - Hampshire

Stonechat - New Forest

Águia-cobreira, Short-toed Snake-eagle (Circaetus gallicus)

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Mrs. Duck on her way to do a spot of birdwatching from the hide!!

Kingfisher - Somerset Levels

...same procedure as yesterday ;)

Gallikos estuary, Greece

Cuckoo - Surrey Heaths

Grey Heron at Lodmoor RSPB reserve

Stockton-on Tees PRoT meet.

Black-tailed Godwit at Lytchett Fields RSPB Reserve - Dorset

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Cuckoo - Surrey Heaths

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Absolutely glorious afternoon, sitting in the garden, reading and watching the birds.