spotted flycatcher

As well as the Redstart which I posted yesterday, one little tree at Minsmere on Sunday contained a couple of Spotted Flycatchers, Common and Lesser Whitethroats and a few Chaffinches. They all kept flying down onto the ground and back into the tree, so it was hard to keep track of them all. To...

A beautiful spotted flycatcher.

A spotted flycatcher. They're such beautiful birds... :)

One of a nesting pair, taken at the RSPB headquarters at Sandy, Bedfordshire.

A juvenile catching flies beside the canal.

Ahh the joys of photography with other BF members, a similar shot to Tony's Flycatcher, same bird, same time,

Posing for the shot, or perhaps on the lookout for another grub that's ventured too close.

Tracked down on Sunday in the heat of the day. Welcome sunshine, I might add. This bird was catching flies from a tree on the other side of the canal to me, and kindly waited for me to walk all the way around to get some shots with the sun behind me. Best views I've had of one this year.

Sorry, just another of my spot fly shots

looks to be quite a few at Redgrave and Lopham fen NNR.in all at least a dozen or more. The path along the river was alive with W/Warblers,Chiffchaff.LTT.Wren,Reed Warbler,Sedge Warbler,Little Owl, Well worth a look if ever any of you are out this way.

Well Peeps, A great week of Carnival activities topped of by a huge parade and firework display from the castle last night. Everything went really well, and the highlight must be the record breaking pirate assembly that has put Hastings in the Guinness Book Of Records...

Off to Norfolk for a few days so catch up with you all when I return!

A Juvenile Perching nicely

Early one for me today, I have some gardening to do for my lovely parents. Thought I may as well make myself useful and help them out, as they're both in their eighties. Might go birding tomorrow morning with BFs Will H, if the weather holds.

One of the pair of Spotted Flys nesting at the RSPB Headquarters at Sandy.

I wanted to post something from my weekend away but still couldn't do any post-processing. So mean while here it goes a pic from one of the scarce sunny days we had in May almost summer-like. o:) I hope this looks good enough and you all like it!!!

In rather a harsh light in this one

two more of these little beauties

Watched a pr of these birds for a couple of days and every time I saw the male brought food to the female, it was a wasp, not sure if these are delicacy's or just easy to catch but it makes for a great image