I was in the garden, listening to the cricket, but also interested in the charm of Goldfinches that kept circling in the trees. Almost certain this time (?) that this one is a juvenile Goldfinch
The lovely Dunnock - I'm already looking forward to this one announcing the start of Spring 2022
In reply to Clare:
Simon Tucker
In reply to Kevin Brooke:
It has been a good year for Barn Owls in north Wiltshire, because it has been a good year for Short-tailed Voles and Field Mice. There is little intensive agriculture here and plenty of hay meadows.
In case anyone is asking the question: I hold a schedule 1 licence for monitoring Barn Owls at the nest and a permit to ring them.
This one was on the verge of fledging
This one is at the fluffy stage and will probably fledge at the end of September:
In reply to Simon Tucker:
A juvenile goldfinch on the sunflower seeds
Go on kidda, get stuck in....
Mike
Flickr Peak Rambler
Two late Swallow fledglings; hoping they can quickly fatten up before that long journey starts and have fingers crossed for these little beauties ..........
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Regards, Hazel
"Each kindness shown to birds or men is sure to flutter back again"
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.