Friday, July 31, 2020

Goosander

Juvenile Goosander, 31st July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Little Ringed Plover

Juvenile Little Ringed plover, 31st July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Great Egret

Great Egret, 31st July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Mandarin

Mandarin, 31st July 2020 © Steve Cooper.
Photo of three Mandarins, eclipse male on left, juvenile in the middle and female on the right.' SC

Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck, 31st July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Common Sandpiper

Common Sandpiper, 29th July 2020 © Garth Peacock

Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe 28th July 2020 © Nigel Sprowell

Water Rail

Adult (top photo) and Juvenile Water Rail, 28th July 2020 © George Walthew

Mediterranean Gull

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull, 28th & 29th July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Mute Swan

Mute Swan, 9th June 2020 © Kevin Taylor

Monday, July 27, 2020

Kingfisher

Kingfisher, 24th July 2020 © Ed Gill
'It flew past me on a stretch of Bourn Brook but didn't call and divert off over land as they usually do. It turned, hovered for a second and flew back past me to perch on an overhanging old post, one that I've always hoped a kingfisher would land on but have never seen! These actions seemed different and when I luckily got a bit closer without it flying off, I saw it had dark feet rather than red. An adult zoomed by a few minutes later and the youngster called and followed it off.' EG

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Little Owl

Little Owl, 15th July 2020 © Ed Gill
'... it was absolutely fantastic to see the fledgling briefly pop out of the tree trunk to have a look around and any pictures were better than nothing so I thought I'd send them in!' EG

Common Swift

Common Swift, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

House Martin

House Martin, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Common Tern

Common Tern, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Lesser Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Little Egret

Little Egret, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose, 25th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Thursday, July 23, 2020

Red Kite

Juvenile Red Kite, 20th July 2020 © Nigel Sprowell
'...one of two very recently fledged juveniles.' NS

Wednesday, July 22, 2020

Reed Warbler

Reed Warbler, 18th July 2020 © Neil Bramwell

Water Rail

Water Rail, 20th July 2020 © Neil Bramwell

Sunday, July 19, 2020

Stonechat

Juvenile Stonechat, 17th July 2020 © Roger Cresswell

Thursday, July 16, 2020

Blackbird

Blackbird, 11th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Reed Warbler

Reed Warbler, 11th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Common Tern

Common Tern, 11th July 2020 © Colin Brown

Tuesday, July 14, 2020

Robin

Juvenile Robin, 14th July 2020 © Garth Peacock
Just a few more weeks and I will really look my best!!!

Magpie

Juvenile Magpie, 12th July 2020 © Garth Peacock
This bird visits my feeders several times a day. If I do not top them up, it chatters away outside our conservatory door to remind me to replenish them. GP

Dunnock

Dunnock, 14th July 2020 © Garth Peacock

Blackbird

Blackbird, 14th July 2020 © Garth Peacock

Common Buzzard

Juvenile Common Buzzard, 14th July 2020 © Adrian George
'A local farmer friend alerted me to the fact that the single offspring of a pair of Buzzards which have been around his farm for years was about to fledge, as (he) had seen it out of the nest, on a branch, flapping away like mad.
I went up to the oak tree which housed the nest and as I was looking at it, which I thought would be the only reward for my journey as the bird had probably flown, lo and behold the juvenile hopped out of the nest onto a branch where it stayed for all of 10 seconds before launching itself into the air. It flew perfectly and was soon in the company of it's parents who reacted to it's calls.' AG

Monday, July 13, 2020

Spotted Flycatcher

Spotted Flycatcher, 12th July 2020 © Robert Skeen

Little Egret

Little Egret, 12th July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Common Tern

Common Tern, 12th July 2020 © Steve Cooper

Barn Owl

Barn Owl, 11th July 2020 © Abhishek Nag