There's going to be a lot of these....

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Minsmere (Springwatch)

A few from the archives.. seem to have a lot of archives!!

Anyway, these are a throwback to our Suffolk trip in April...

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Female red Mason bee - Osmia Bicornis.

Springwatch Garden Party in Newham, West Ham, London

It's all going on in the stream....

He doesnt know how lucky he is to be alive, this hare narrowly missed a bullet by the looks of it.

RSPB Minsmere today, nesting right by the island mere hide

Heron

Thanks Steve for the heads-up on this. The wide screen version can be found in comments below. :@}

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After seeing the cute Treecreepers on Winterwatch, I thought I'd better upload a couple of shots of our local ones :-)

While I waited for the Barn Owls which never show this turned up and landed on the gate just as the sun was setting.

RSPB Leighton Moss

Sure sign summer has arrived.

Blackbird

We've been watching Springwatch on BBC so when I spotted this young blackbird doing a bit of sunbathing I thought I'd grab a photo.

Unfortunately the result isn't as sharp as I'd like so I probably should leave wildlife photography to the experts.

At Fowlsheugh on Monday.

I was thrilled to have been contacted by the BBC Springwatch team this year, informing me that one of my images would be used across social media and presenter cards. For those who know the UK, Springwatch is a somewhat of an institution for nature lovers, and captivates the nation over a short 3-week period each year. Here's one of the presenters with a rather nice card backer :)

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Short break from Suffolk, have been out on the local patch too, so here's some of what I've been seeing...

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RSPB Bempton Cliffs

Watched as the bird graduall soared higher once it had found a thermal, this was quite low down.. Once it really soared, it met up with a second Buzzard and as I processed the images, I could see it looking around.

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Sefton,Merseyside.

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This tiny bird was in Tentsmuir forest this morning.

Just listen....

Gannet incoming - Bempton Cliffs - Esast Yorkshire

Peekaboo! A young Roesel’s Bush Cricket, or rather first instar nymph, (I believe this is the term), perches nonchalantly on a grass stem. I first discovered these as adults for myself last year on my local park and am very happy to see them again this year; they are absolutely stunning creatures and are well worth getting on your hands and knees to look for in areas of ungrazed, undisturbed grass; they favour damp grassland and meadows. The nymphs emerge May/June and they can be seen as adults until about October. The name comes from August Johann Rösel von Rosenhof, a German entomologist - their scientific name is Metrioptera roeselii.