Audley End - English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/audley-end-house-and-gardens/
Buzzard:
Canada Goose:
Mute Swan:
Tufted Duck:
Mallard Duck:
Coot:
Pheasant - Male:
Rook - On a broom stick!!:
Black Headed Gull:
Chaffinch - Male:
Thrush:
Coal Tit:
Red Kite:
Thanks PB. A bit grey here today,,, Giving me some time to catch up on the backlog of photo's...
Cracking sets of photos SM.
Loved the red kite getting mobbed by what looks like a crow.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Thanks Mike
Great variety of lovely photos SM, rarely see Red Kites
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Regards, Hazel
Thanks Hazy, funny if we go out we see Red Kites. More so than Buzzards now.
Photo's taken on the 18th August.
Pied Wagtail - The top one has it's eye on the prize:
Rook:
Small Tortoiseshell:
Scabiosa stellata:
Red Admiral:
Common Blue:
Cinnabar Moth Caterpillar:
Moorhen chick:
Carcelia:
Green-veined White:
House Martins - Never seen them in a tree:
Speckled Wood:
Moth...:
Little Grebe:
Mallard:
Another nice set of photos.
I wonder if there was plenty of insect life, a quick and easy food source, in the tree for the housemartins to be going in there to build up their stamina for the big flight south?
Them house martin pics are great SM
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Thanks Mike, you could be right. It was a nice surprise to see them.
Thanks Linda A bird I have not photographed that often.