Common Kingfisher. Far Ings Nature Reserve 28.8.11.

Fox at Far Ings 22.8.11.

More Kingfisher today. 7.8.11.

A Day of Grey Heron at Far Ings 3.8.11.

Today was very much a day of The Grey Heron on the patch. It tried to fish in the shallows in front of the hide with very little luck. It caught just one fish in about an hour despite many strike attempts. It constantly followed the large shoal of minnows instaed of standing still and waiting for the fish to come to it. Eventually it caught a large fish as reward for its rather comical display.

Marsh Harrier 28.7.11.

Common Kingfisher 28.7.11.

I was very pleased to see a kingfisher return to perch on a regular basis and fish in front of the hide today. After such a harsh winter there were none of these birds left to watch. Its nice to see the return of this beautitul bird again.

Marh Harrier Prey Pass. 17.7.11.

Managed to get a few shots of prey passes this morning, The bottom picture was taken between the showers and was quite a bit closer than usual. I have just arrived home from holiday and missed the fledging of the young, I set off on the day the birds began to fledge. I was happy to see they are still around the nest site and hope to catch up with them again inbetween work before they leave the area. The top picture is one of the juvenile birds.

Barton park and Our back garden. 26.6.11.

A quick visit to the park for a Nuthatch picture, Then a quick shot of the Goldfinch young in our garden.

Cuckoo at Far Ings this morning. 23.6.11.

Cuckoo. A bit distant. The chaffinch in the frame took an instant dislike to it.

Nuthatch at Far Ings NNR. 20.6.11.

After a couple of reports in recent months of sightings of Nuthach, I remained confident that the species would turn up on the patch sooner or later. Today my brain latched onto that unmistakable song. Struggled to get a picture as the bird was on the move through the tree tops. But at least we got a record of it at Far Ings today, and only the second recorded bird of this species ever at the reserve.

Willow Tit Far Ings NR.

Marsh Harrier and Bittern 13.6.11.

Three hours in the hide early this morning straight from working a night shift. Early passes from the Marsh Harrier were in poor conditions with rain showers and mostlty cloudy conditions. The light improved later and the bittern put in a brief appearance before I was well ready to get some sleep!

5.6.11.

More Bearded Tit and a Linnet, all taken this morning. Thick cloud when the beardie was taken. Light improved later , though I couldn't get the right side of the Linnet to get the light behind me.