Kingfisher

 A female Kingfisher put on a good show recently.

Female Kingfisher.

Clara Vale & Far Pastures

 A couple of weeks ago I paid a visit to the hides at Clara Vale and Far Pastures. I hadn’t been in the hide long at Clara when a Kingfisher arrived it stayed around for a while but it was mostly distant. There wasn’t much from the hide at Far Pastures however up the lane were Red Kite and Buzzard.

King Fisher.

Buzzard.

Red Kite.

Clara Vale and Far Pastures

 A recent trip to Clara Vale didn’t produce Kingfisher but there was still some canny birds there. I didn’t go into the hide at Far Pastures but instead I had a walk up the lane a couple of birds stood out.

Chiffchaff from the hide at Clara.

This Mistle Thrush looked up and

this is what it saw a Sparrowhawk.

It then carried on doing what it had been doing.

My first Orange Tip butterfly of the season.

Yellowhammer.

 Buzzard. 

Crows were constantly dive bombing it.

Long-tailed Tit.

Chiffchaff in the reserve.

Blue Tit.

Female Blackcap.

My first Green-veined White Butterfly of the season.

Red Kite at Far Pastures.

Female Blackcap.

Male Blackcap.