A beautiful Blue Tit enjoying a song in the sun last weekend. 😍😍

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

Near Elliot Water in Arbroath this afternoon when I was cycling in Angus.

In Tayport this afternoon.

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

Don't look down!

For Macro Mondays theme 'Monochrome'.

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

RSPB Minsmere

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.

A few more images from a productive morning at Swell Woods and Ham Wall.

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

Yorkshire Wolds

Springwatch

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Yorkshire Wolds

When we saw these beauties last year the invasion was just beginning.

It now looks like being a much quieter year

Waxwing - Bombycilla Garrulus

Dunollie Castle Argyll - Scotland

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Sitting on gorse at the Ayres reserve, Isle of Man.

Dunlin - Calidris Alpina

Ardmucknish Bay - Scotland

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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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From my bike ride yesterday afternoon.