Whiston Woods

SpringWatch 2024 offered up my little 'Phoretic organism'. Probably a Common Tree Chernes....

Phoresis or phoresy is a temporary commensalistic relationship when a phoretic organism (the phoront), attaches itself to a host solely for the purpose of travel.

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This wee lamb was so tired he crashed out on the makeshift trough

On the Isle of May

Grey partridge are so shy, this male comes out to check if the coast is clear before crossing the path

Don't look down!

Female kingfisher at Adel Dam Nature Reserve.

Taken from the Dam hide in a rare close encounter.

Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) - female

Adel Dam Nature Reserve

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For Macro Mondays theme 'Monochrome'.

One from a while ago a lovely Little Egret in flight at Titchfield Haven. 😍😍

LONG TAILED TIT - Taken at Grandhome Moss, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland.

RSPB Minsmere

This lovely fellow lives near Duntrune in Angus.

Nice to see 'Ratty' the Water vole on 'SpringWatch Live' and iPlayer today, in Hannah Stitfalls interview with Steve Backshall... See comments.

A curlew doing a flyby in the Peak District. Been nice seeing them on Springwatch this year.

Featured on BBC Springwatch Facebook page.

This is the younger of the 2 roebucks I see locally on my morning walks :)

Springwatch

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Yorkshire Wolds

Black Redstart - Phoenicurus Ochrurus

1st Winter Male

Featured on BBC Springwatch Facebook page 22/12/2016

This one was on the path in Atholl Woods yesterday.

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On the Isle of May.

The song thrush is a bird which has declinred in numbers in the UK and has become red listed.

The RSPB attributes this to - The decline in song thrush numbers has probably been caused by the loss and degradation of preferred feeding and nesting habitats.

Loss of hedgerows and wet ditches removed feeding and nesting sites, while increased land drainage and tillage are likely to have reduced the number of earthworms and other crucial invertebrate prey available to song thrushes on farmland.

Grazed permanent pasture (especially cow pastures) and woodland are important habitats with plenty of food for song thrushes. Both of these have been lost or degraded in many lowland areas.

Fortunately in Argyll the song thrush still thrives in good numbers.

This little beauty was happily foraging in the the hedgerow.

Song Thrush - Turdus Philomelos

Ganavan - Scotland

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RSPB Arne, Dorset.

Nice to see this distant Darty flitting about the gorse at Kelling Heath, a first for me :)

Coming to ground...