I thought I would return to this reserve as having seen two fabulous Kingfishers the last time I came I was hoping to see some more, although the weather had changed from warm lovely sunshine the last time I came to a cold and breezy day. Now as you probably know no two days are the same, but the day got off to a nice start with this lovely mute swan.
A Willow warbler I believe but always open to any corrections
Singing his heart out, calling for a mate perhaps ?
A chaffinch
A Goldfinch
Plenty of variety, this time a blackbird.
Another chaffinch
High in the sky I spotted this Buzzard
A few Goats taking it easy
And this one looks a fine specimen
And another chaffinch singing for a mate.
This Marsh Harrier came out of nowhere and dropped in the long grass and surfaced with a lawn around its head
This Grey heron didn't want to hang around and off he flew.
Look at me
Having not seen a kingfisher all day I thought I would have a look at the small dipping pond and quietly does it crept behind a small bush and looked around it to see a kingfisher with its prize in its beak, Afternoon Tea on the menue a small fish.
This Greylag Goose with Goslings were hanging outside the next hide entrance door but as I approached decided against going in.
As I settled down in the next hide two kingfishers flew across the lake and into the tree, unfortunatley they were only there for a brief moment and off they went but all the same it was great to see them. Three Kingfishers in one day, absolutely Fabulous.
This Gadwall looks like he has had a good feed today
Canada Goose Gosling
Another Marsh Harrier ?
That's all for today, thanks for viewing and hope you like the photos
Better than 1 Kingfisher, 2 in the same shot .
Well done, a great 2nd visit ILR. I like seeing the Marsh Harriers with nesting material. Another good selection of subjects to photograph.
(Pardon the Scottish Accent)
Hi Linda you were right with your ID it was a willow warbler, Itsa Robbo has confirmed. I must try harder on my ID;s Thanks again Linda