Hares and Owls

stonechats

barn owl taking home a bank vole

I hardly ever see hares, and when I do they're just brown blobs in the distance. So this young hare coming close to me was a real treat.

Into 2024, with Hares.

 

meadow pipit above, fieldfares below

Voles at White Lion Meadow still very shy. But there are feeding signs and burrows appearing.

Stonechats, a kestrel, and boxing hares.

 

First Water Vole of 2021

 

The first water vole of the year seen at the Timber Yard today.

Crouching hare. 

Probably water vole feeding.

Female reed bunting.

Feeding, latrine and burrows in the field off Edgeley Road.

The first frog spawn of the year also appeared in our pond today.

Around the Reserves

 Hares and a kestrel in the evening light. I won't put the location for this as there are evil people about who like to hunt hares.

Yellowhammer, common lizard and spotted flycatchers at Prees Heath Common.

 Fox, male common blue butterfly, wheatears, meadow pipit and female redstart at The Hollies, Snailbeach.

Silver-washed fritillary, Llanymynach Rocks.

Male bullfinch, Marford Quarry.

Edgeley Road voles.