Clara Vale & Burdon Moor

 It’s a week since I paid a visit to Clara Vale, the first time this year. No Kingfisher in the four hours I was there but still some canny stuff and it’s always nice to have some good crack in the hide. It was then onto Burdon Moor where I got my first Chiffchaff of the year.

Redwing.

There were plenty of Ivy berries to keep them going.

Female Yellowhammer.

Long-tailed Tit.

This Roe Deer casually walked past the hide.

My first Peacock Butterfly of the year.

And my first Chiffchaff of the year at Burdon Moor.

Song Thrush.

Long-tailed Tit.

Male Stonechat doing what comes naturally.

Female Stonechat.

Hovering Kestrel.

It dived but came up with nothing.

Then landed in this tree.

There were at least four Roe Deer in the field eating the grass in the late afternoon sun.

Clara Vale

 Sitting in the hide for five hours with some cracking light outside and the Kingfisher didn’t show (am I daft or what). Here’s what did. Oh, and a couple of days later I did a walk around our village.

Long-tailed Tit.

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Mallard.

Heron.

Reed Bunting.

Redwing from a walk around the village.

These Roe Deer had their eye on something.

And whatever it was they didn’t take their eyes off it even when I changed position.

They eventually stood up, one of them had a bit of a clean

And after I had got this shot, they moved off.

Barn Owl

Some recent images from a very short walk from home and a relatively local Barn Owl. 

One of two Redwing in our graveyard.

Grab shots of a local Red Kite with bait.

The light had been great all afternoon and just as it faded the Barn Owl came out to hunt. However, it’s still nice to see at least one is still out there hunting.