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RSPB Minsmere

Barn Owl on the hunt = Double click for full size

Spring Watch - Starling chick, managed to see one of the chick raised by the starlings on our rooftop

Yorkshire Dales

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Puffin with a beak full of sandeels

Nesting in a box we had out and very wary when they come back with nesting material.

We have named this little bird Sophie and she is nesting in a box just outside our window, she has 10 eggs and they will hatch this week :-) I have added below the egg shot and sophie in the box but with the flickr layout now not sure you will see it :-) One of BBC Springwatch - Photos of the Week 02/05/2014 and BBC Springwatch Photo of the Day too......... thrilled!!

My spider has come home to roost. A very big thank you to Terry Bagley (top bloke), who had hatched a plan with Lucy 'Lapwing' Hodson, to get our Q-cards out of Springwatch HQ... and signed by Chris and Meg !!

On the river Lyon yesterday.

Starling in the Rain

As you may imagine, I took quite a few... indulge me!

North Cave Wetlands

Wirral, 2021

We are very lucky to discover this week that a pair of tree sparrows have decided to build a nest in one of our nest boxes. We had three spent the winter of 2017/18 in our garden, but disappeared last spring. We hadn't seen any since. But on Thursday evening I noticed a bird poking out of the nest box, grabbed my bins and saw that we had tree sparrows! They have spent the weekend taking beakfuls of nesting material in. They seem not to bother about me gardening which is good. Hopefully they will be successful, as these are on the red list.

RSPB Old Moor

In Tentsmuir forest this morning.

Somewhat of a surprise at this time of year; well chuffed!

In Dundee botanic gardens.

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Another LTT I found on the BBC Sprindwatch Facebook Page... This one from way back in 2017 !! :@)

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Starling - In my back garden, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Came across these boxing hares on the Yorkshire Wolds but unfortunately my lens was not long enough!

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

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

Please see Suffolk April 2017 album. www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157682818547896

Please see Suffolk April 2017 album. www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157682818547896

Juvenile great tit having to sit it out in the rain - what a welcome to the world

Four babies from nest appeared in our garden, not sharp but was curious.

First time I've ever seen one let alone photgraph one, Yay :-)

They were looking good in Meigle in Perthshire this afternoon.

The second of my head to head of red deer portraits.

This young man was the lord of a small herd of about ten deer. Unlike the more mature brute down the glen this young man was very attentive and affectionate to his companions.

It's always a pleasure to see these beautiful wild animals in their natural environment.

Red Deer Young Buck - Cervus Elaphus

Scottish Highlands

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