27.03.24 Quality has taken a bashing in these images (high ISO lack of light etc) they are never going to win any prizes however this is the first time I have been able to shoot a sequence of a Barn Owl hovering, catching, and passing its prey from beak to talons and then flying off with it so it’s content over quality I’m afraid.
27.03.24 A slow steady mid-afternoon walk around Burdon Moor with my wife (she said she enjoyed it even though it rained mid-way through the walk). I didn’t find what I was hoping for but we still saw some canny wildlife.
Female Roe Deer.
Male Roe Deer.
Male and female.
It’s amazing how far and high they can jump when they
are being chased
Female.
Or chasing.
Male in almost the same spot.
I think this is a third Roe Deer she had just emerged
from the long grass after the rain and looks rather forlorn.
Little Egret which we spooked as we walked by the top
pond. I put it out on Bird Guides that I had seen one but for some reason it
didn’t show up. That’s the second time it has happened.
Female Stonechat.
Male Stonechat. He was chasing the female all over.
Meadow Pipit.
Quite a few Curlew were flying around the fields.
Heron.
I haven’t a clue what this Crow is eating but it seems
to be enjoying it.
24.03.24 An afternoon slow short stroll up to the whinny bushes to see if I could get my first images this year of Chiffchaff and I did indeed. They seemed to be in every tree and bush I passed calling and singing their heads off. There were also dozens of Gorse Shieldbugs which was a bonus however they were the only Shieldbugs I found which was a bit of a disappointment.
Chiffchaff with an insect in its beak.
Which it dropped so it can’t have been that tasty.
Chiffchaff and Shieldbug.
Willow Tit.
Long-tailed Tit.
I know it’s not sharp (it was a long distant grab
shot) but I like the way it’s trying to catch flies.
Wren.
Gorse Shieldbug.
7-spot Ladybird.
Last night’s full moon.
