Postcard from the Isle of Wight

 

Whitethroat

Spotted flycatcher

Whinchat above, meadow pipit below.

Jersey Tiger moth

White-tailed Sea Eagle

Green woodpecker

Chalk Hill Blue

And of course, red squirrels!

Rare Bird Alert

 

This is the first Red-backed Shrike in Shropshire since 1995!

Water Vole with One Eye

 

One vole with one eye, and another with both eyes intact.

Water voles are territorial and can fight viciously with each other. I've seen several who've lost an eye this way. They seem to cope all right, though.

Down at Bridges

Red kite

White Lion Meadow water vole

Spotted flycatcher and a Wall butterfly.

Female Redstarts.

Woodpeckers, Snipe and Little Ringed Plovers at Venus Pool Reserve

 

Young Woodmouse at Southwaite Service Station

 

And Daylight Voles

 

Two Midnight Voles

 

At Llanymynech Rocks

I leaned in to take a photo of this Common Blue butterfly, only to find someone else leaning in...

Whitethroats, linnets and juvenile moorhens on Prees Heath.

 

Wood Whites and Silver-washed Fritillaries

Above: Painted Ladies and below, a Small Copper.

Common Darter and a male Linnet.

Red Admiral and a Wall.

Ringlet and Comma.

 Field full of hares.