I’m even more behind going through the images on the computer than I usually am but I don’t suppose it matters very much, for me it’s about the images rather than when I got them. Anyway, here are some images from Clara Vale, Thornley Woods and Far Pastures.
Mistle Thrush.
Jay.
Nuthatch.
Heron with a Newt.
Trying to catch something.
And with a fish.
Reed Bunting.
First time I have seen a Reed Bunting catching
Damselflies.
Buzzard.
Red Kite.
Bank Vole.
A grey Grey Squirrel.
A few images from the end of last month at Clara Vale & Thornley Woods.
Jay at Thornley Woods.
Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Nuthatch.
Wren.
A pair of Mandarin Ducks at Clara Vale.
Male Mandarin
Female Mandarin
The Moorhen in the background would not leave the Mandarins
alone it kept chasing them all over the place.
Male having a bit of a stretch.
Roe Buck eating a leaf.
It walked straight passed the hide without a care in
the world
Then started to clean itself.
Chiffchaff.
One Heron did not like the other being there.
They had a bit of a standoff.
I remember many years ago someone told me of a small loch that had Black-throated Divers on it. So, no matter what time of year I was in that area of Scotland I visited that loch in the hope of seeing those Divers. My visits always seem to coincide with rain and I have never seen the Divers that is until this year. I went twice in the week we were up there and on the first occasion (once again in the rain) I saw one Diver however the images I got that day were rubbish. I went back a couple of days later (in the rain) and “get in” I saw three, a juvenile and two adults. I used the car as a back drop and an 800mm lens so I wouldn’t disturb them got the images I wanted then drove back to the cottage a happy man.
Jays were a regular visitor to the garden.
This Flycatcher on the other hand was just passing
through.
