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.
