Stonechat Takeover!

 

No Voles Yet, but the Birds are Busy

 

 male stonechat

male shoveler

kingfisher    

lapwing and teal

snipe

goldfinch

treecreeper

repoll

great crested grebe and goosander

fieldfares

Kingfisher: an Unusual Garden Visitor

 

This male kingfisher has been visiting the garden for a week now, taking stickleback from the pond. He only comes in the early morning, as far as we know.

Winter Is Coming

 

Great Grey Shrike - super-rare visitor from Africa!

A late red admiral butterfly, and a kestrel.

Crow and cormorant.

Marsh harrier being hassled by a crow. 

Nuthatches and a marsh tit, at Attinghamn Park.

There are still water vole latrines about.

Far off fallow deer, Attingham.

As usual, this blog will go into semi-hibernation over the winter months. Hoping the water voles will emerge around March. 

Some Waders

 

Three snipe at Venus Pool reserve.

Below, a curlew.

Giant puffball. I thought it was a football at first!

 

Spoonbills! What a surprise! At Parkgate RSPB Reserve, Neston.

Marsh Harrier over Parkgate Estuary.

Red Admiral.

Meadow Pipit.

Common Hawker

Black darter