Tales of the Riverbank

  Watchful kestrel. Lapwings, golden plovers and below, an oystercatcher. Little Egret.

  Crested Grebe Great White Egret Redwing Buzzard Fieldfare Male Stonechat Below, Yellowhammers Blackcap Raven Golden Plover Lapwings Grey s...

Baby grass snake at Venus Pool. Not much bigger than a devil's coach-horse beetle. so I presume fairly recently hatched.  Juvenile Rosy ...

                                  Migrant Hawker                                   stonechat                                     Southern Ha...

 Female rat in our garden. Below, some birds and seals from Hilbrae Reserve on the Wirral.                                   A wall butterfl...