Up onto the Moors

I had a drive up to Langdon Beck yesterday for the Black Grouse. Always too far away for pictures, I did however see three of them. There were plenty of Red Grouse around over the moors and they are always willing to pose for a few pictures. Mistle Thrush and Redshank were also nice to see and I could not resist another visit to see the Crossbills while I was up on the moors.

Mistle Thrush

Male Red Grouse

Male Red Grouse

Female Red Grouse

Redshank

Siskin gathering nesting material

Female Siskin

Male Crossbill

Treecreeper

Red Squirrel

 

Finally…

…I have the images I have been wanting for a long time, Crossbills drinking, Get In. There are quite a few images here not only of Crossbill but also of some of the other birds that came down to drink.

Male Crossbill

Female Crossbill

A male Crossbill took exception to a juvenile being on the same branch

So it chased it off

Juvenile Crossbill

One of three Redpoll

The second

And the third

Siskin

Song Thrush

Goldfinch

 

A canny morning…

…out last Friday with some canny birds.

Kingfisher on the lookout

Hovering

“Look what I’ve caught”

Squashed it

Bringing up a pellet

Preening

Posturing

Posing

Water Rail

Singing Reed Bunting

Wren

Displaying Wren

A very bedraggled looking Cormorant

Drying its wings

Take off

Mating Teal