An afternoon walk at my local reserve St Aidans

As soon as I arrived I saw this Kestrel at the top of the Dragline excavator known as Oddball

Its a place that he feels safe

Its not an Ideal background for a beautiful looking bird.

Great crested Grebe

Moorhen

Not sure what happend with my settings for these two great crested grebes below, but I liked them.

Lapwings, Not sure if they were performing some kind of mating dance ?

They were very vocal

Mallard in flight

Four Mallards in Flight

And again

Tufted Duck

Tufted duck

Mute Swan

Shoveler

Tufted Duck

Pochard

Two Great Crested Grebes

Canada Goose in flight

A lovely Kestrel being swarmed by midges

He flew away from the midges and settled on top of a tree

Another Deer on the Hill or is there two

Sorry for the poor quality it was getting dark by this time

And being easter i shall finnish on some bunnies

And all say AWE

I know these were poor quality photos, my excuse was I was photographing these through a fence and it was getting darker by the minute, but I hope you liked them as much as me.

Thanks for viewing.

What a variety ILR...and bunnies aswell....gotta love the Grebes and Kestrels the most ;-)

(Pardon the Scottish Accent)

Aww lovely shots ILR, particularly the Easter bunnies ... . I've never seen so many midges as those around the Kestrel. We were plagued the other day with those little black gnat things - most annoying! Love the photos of the deer - always nice to see ...

In reply to Billysdad:

That's Great BD thankyou really pleased you liked them. The Midges were not only around the kestrel they were following me along the path. No bites thankfully. The deer have been showing themselves late on in the afternoon and I have been lucky to see them. Its a shame they are so far away up high on the hill, but fortunatley they are a large animal and you can normally get a reasonable photo of them. As for the bunnies well it was Easter and who doesn't like a Bunny, Lol.

In reply to Linda257:

Thanks Linda, Always really pleased with your replies, always positive feedback, what more could you ask for.
I have been out all day so sorry for the late reply.

In reply to i love robins:

Lucky you to have been out all day! ;-)

(Pardon the Scottish Accent)

In reply to Linda257:

You’re right Linda I am lucky.

Lovely pictures from your day out. Poor Kestrel, really is in a swarm of the dreaded midges!!

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

In reply to Catlady:

He didn’t stay long Catlady he flew to the top of another tree close by. Glad you liked the photos Catlady

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