A lot of posturing and theatrics but eventually they just walked off in separate directions

Ring Necked Pheasant - Phasianus Colchicus

Fountains Abbey - Yorkshire

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At Morton lochs.

Yorkshire Wolds

Yorkshire Wolds

Our new local celebrity is this wonderful young male otter.

Although I still have many photos of Ollie to post I suspect Scar will dominate my photo feed for sometime.

I have named him scar as he has an open wound on his neck and an older injury on his flank.

Although the neck wound looks nasty it doesn't seem to be impeding him unduly. While we watched him he caught numerous fish so he is certainly capable of hunting.

European Otter - Lutra Lutra

Scar

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North Cave Wetlands

A Marbled White with a parasitic red mite attached to its thorax, which apparently doesn't do any harm to the butterfly!

Rutland Water.

Bempton Cliffs)

RSPB old moor

A female Redstart in woodland beneath the Betws mountain, Amman valley.

I saw the first Redstart (male) on April 21st so it was lovely to visit my favourite Redstart spot yesterday and see one male plus at least two, possibly three females.

The male seemed disinterested in the females but the females were chasing each other about relentlessly! Is there a reason for this anyone?

This time in the hands of the slightly over excitable Michaela Strachan. :@]

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In Dundee botanic gardens this afternoon.

A female Kingfisher flips a fish around, ready to swallow head first as they always do. The image was taken in the Teifi Marshes in Ceredigion.

At the roadside in Angus.

At Morton lochs yesterday afternoon when I was cycling in fife.

This afternoon in Dura Den in Fife.

In Dalwhinnie yesterday,nice to see one.

Spent the afternoon up on the Mendips chasing bugs...

Priddy

As seen on BBC SpringWatch Digital Grand finally 2020 !!

At Morton lochs this afternoon when I was out cycling.

Wren + fly

Puffin, Bullers of Buchan, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

On the Tay in Dunkeld.

I took this photo of a Dotterel last September, they migrate from North Africa to their breeding grounds in the Scottish Highlands. One of their stop off points for 'refuelling' is the Black mountain in the Breacon Beacons. Springwatch presenter Iolo Williams actually recorded one of his TV shows about Dotterel on the very same mountain. Sadly I have not been able to see any Dotterel migrating this year during the Spring or on their return this Autumn. I hope it's not a sign of things to come and hope next year will be better.

This wee lamb was showing its love to mum

When the photographed tries to become the photographer...

Black Paws was an orphaned fox I helped feed and she has now moved to her own territory.

From the Tay road bridge this evening when I was cycling from fife to Dundee.

A beautiful and friendly bird voted the nations favourite.

Robin (Erithacus Rubecula)

Adel Dam Nature Reserve

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As the light faded on the Scottish cliffs the last of the sun moved behind the beautiful beak and lit it up like a lantern..

He was at Morton lochs.

Turned out nice again. :@)

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