Scotland part two

Depending on where we are while on holiday in Scotland we try and visit Loch of the Lowes at least once. The majority of the images in this and the next Blog are from there. This part is mainly the Sand Martins and Swallows that were picking flies off the water. We also visit a small Loch to see if there are any divers unfortunately this year, we did not see any. 

Blackcap in the garden of the cottage we were staying in.

Meadow Pipit from the small Loch.

Buzzard also from the small Loch.

Some of the Sand Martins catching flies at the Loch of the Lowes.

Swallows also catching flies at Loch of the Lowes.

Great Crested Grebe also catching flies.

Buzzards above the Loch.

Rainton Meadows

 I haven’t been to Rainton Meadows since last year so my wife and I decided to visit yesterday. Unfortunately, the Bittern that has been at Joe’s Pond recently was a no show while we were there but I did manage to get some images of some of the other birds that were showing from there and from the hide. A quick local walk when I got home didn’t produce much but it was still nice to be out.

Little Egret.

Great Crested Grebe.

A pair of Teal.

Lapwing.

An unusual looking Coot.

Bullfinch.

A grab shot of a Red Kite as if flew over when I got out of the car at home.

A couple of Roe Deer from my walk at home.

Holiday day six part two

 My final Blog from our holiday in the Cotswolds and this one is about some of the birds we saw while at RSPB Otmoor oh, and one from the cottage.

Someone said they had seen at least six Cuckoos at Otmoor this was one of them.

One of the first Blogs I did from Otmoor contained an image of a Red Kite carrying what looked like a white rat. I’m finishing with a similar image. Looking at the wings I think it’s the same Red Kite and  another white rat.

 A pair of Marsh Harrier teased me every time I was at Otmoor they were always too far away for any decent shots.

Heron skimming across one of the pond.

Then waiting to catch something.

Great Crested Grebe gliding past the reeds.

GCG coming in to land on the pond.

GCG about to take off.

Reed Warbler skulking about in the reeds.

Garden Warbler.

I was sitting in the cottage getting the images I had taken that day from the camera onto the laptop when I heard a commotion outside. At first, I took no notice but it went on so I decided to take o look. On the ground under a tree lay a dead Jackdaw but flying away was this Peregrine. I’m not entirely sure what happened but it looks like the Peregrine had had a go at the young Jackdaw in the nest and the parents were having a go at the Peregrine and that was the commotion I heard. It ended with one dead young Jackdaw and the Peregrine flying off with just a feather. That’s nature, raw in tooth and claw.