spotted flycatcher

Squawk

Resting on a gate.

... and I thought I was being so careful. I apologised and left. Ron

From Sunday.

Taking a break between catching flies for its squealing fledglings.

This Spotted Flycatcher spent a lot of time perched beneath the leafy canopy of this cherry tree. It looked very pretty but was a bit tricky to photograph. Ron

A Spotted Flycatcher on the lookout for flies at Strumpshaw Fen. Ron

Another from the recent spottie collection

Found a pair of these pretty little birds, nesting in our hotel grounds at Gigrin.

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Can't resist taking shots of these and there not far from home either

Meals come in all shapes and sizes, but they keep coming

A Banded Demoiselle is a nice treat for the youngsters, these chicks must be close to fledging Another successful visit to the spotties

Spotted Flycatchers are not very common in my neck of the woods and I am not very good at finding the ones which are here, so this is a first for me. I apologise for the poor quality of this shot but the light was bad and the bird spent most of its time flitting about underneath this cherry...

Took this un earlier this morning in the hotel grounds next to Gigrin.

These birds were very obliging and happily went about there business whilst I watched

I'm sure a BF expert will be able to identify the butterfly that is just about to become chick food

Well folks, after the dream of shooting with a 50D+ 600mm (or wasn't it a dream after all? ;)) here I am back to my usual stuff! This bird must be a lover of Botanics: it was surrounded by all sort of plants Hard task to avoid them all to get it well perched in the open. :-O Still I like the...

Found this bird in a willow and whilst waiting to capture it the sun came over trees behind me and reflected off a mill pond which illuminated the subject and the under side of the tree, right place right time picture.

Got this today whilst photographing some Wood Warblers.It just landed in front of me and I managed two frames.Great stuff!