Local

 I had a local morning and afternoon walk recently and here are a few of the things I saw.

Goldfinch.

Blackcap eating Greenfly.

And calling from the top of a tree.

This Kestrel sat in the same spot for ages and I thought it would be rude not to take a few shots but as I only had my 300mm lens I tried to get as close as I could using gorse bushes for cover, it seems to have worked.

It did eventually fly off to another twig, where it had a bit of a scratch, so this is a slightly larger crop.

And away

To hover over the field.

Linnet.

I thought at first there was only one 7-spot Ladybird

However, I was wrong.

Dark-edged Bee-fly.

Tawny Mining Bee.

Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly.

Clara Vale…

 …without the Kingfisher still had some canny birds all be it with one being a bit “plastic.”

Male Mandarin Duck.

Female Mandarin Duck.

Treecreeper.

Long-tailed Tit.

Wren.

Reed Bunting.

Face off.

Tufted Duck at Far Pastures.

Goldfinch.

My first Chiffchaff of the year.

Red Kite.

Burdon Moor

Roe Deer at Burdon Moor. I saw five in total, a pair in the field on the right as you walk from the carpark and a mother with two fawns near the top of the loop.

Female Roe Deer.

Roe Buck.

You can just make out one of the fawns with this other female.

I was standing well away from her on the other side of the loop behind a bush using an 800mm lens but as you can see, she knew I was there so she left her youngsters in the long grass and jumped the fence. She would have come back to them later.

Grasshopper Warbler.

Goldfinch.