Pensthorpe is hoping to release cranes into the wild.

Dorset

After many attempts at trying to get one of these, i finally managed a half decent photo. They just don't stand still for a second.

Female kestrel spreading those wings and perched nicely

Frog

#springwatch #parakeets #birdphotography

#100daysofnature - Day 92 - it amazes me how quickly these spring up after the rain we have had...it wasn't there the day before yesterday

Not as tasty as peking duck :p.

If what I have read is right, there are less that 7000 nesting pairs of these birds in the UK, and we're proud to have one of of those pairs :). They are incredibly timid though, and won't join the others when we put duck food out for the rest of the local residents.

There's a new blog over on my website, with a bit of a spring update.

www.flyladyphotographybywendycooper.co.uk/article/a-lot-m...

Please do pop over for a read and feel free to share!

Dunnock nest, now 4 chicks 11th may 2010

Taken at Pensthorpe Nature Reserve in Norfolk, UK

Lovely to see this chiffchaff in our

garden in Suffolk

Dorset

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z2vn8/live on 6.4.14

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

sunset in doxey marshes

#springwatch

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01z2vh9/live on 5.31.14

Cream spotted ladybird found on our laundry in our garden. Chideock, West Dorset.

Young starlings playing in the pond fountain

Character, and costume design and production for BBC Springwatch Garden Party 2007.

nesting in back garden