Lapwing's lucky escape.

Not sure what the poor old Lapwing did to deserve this or maybe he is injured.

He seems to be struggling which alerted the Crow, who did his best to drown him.

The Spoonbill came over and the Crow flew off. The Spoonbill then did exactly the same.

Obviously he realised the Lapwing was too big and let him go.

I never knew that Spoonbills did this sort of thing.

HAYLE ESTUARY & SWANPOOL.

Well, I never did catch up with the Franklin's Gull that's been hanging

 around but I did see this Cattle Egret on Hayle Estuary instead of 

in a field of Cattle so that was an unexpected bonus.

The Nuthatches were taken at Lelant Saltings.

CATTLE EGRET

CATTLE EGRET

CANADA GOOSE

COMMON SANDPIPER

CURLEW SANDPIPER

GOLDEN PLOVER

LAPWING

LITTLE EGRET

NUTHATCH

NUTHATCH

NUTHATCH

The following were taken at Stithians NR and Swanpool.

MED. GULL

COOT

COOT

LITTLE GREBE

BULLFINCH

A Mixed Bag.

We went up to Somerset and Gloucester last week-end, hoping for early

 Dragonflies and Butterflies but it was so cold and windy that nothing was flying. 

It was a bit disappointing but we still saw some good birds.

There were quite a few young around and we even saw signs of Beavers at Cotswold Water Park. 

Great-Spotted Woodpecker, juv.

Great-Spotted Woodpecker, juv.

Reed Warbler

Reed Bunting

Reed Bunting

Lapwing

Lapwing, juv.

Beaver Evidence.

Swan and Cygnets

Canada Geese

Wren

Wren

Wren

Swift

Everything's Looking Rosy.

These images were digi-scoped over the past week. The Rats came out when I was photographing the Med. Gull and were not at all nervous, scavenging for bread within three feet of me. 

The Starling was in Morrisons carpark and is not the prettiest of birds, but nice to see.

BUZZARD

PEREGRINE

WHEATEAR

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING, juv.

ROSE-COLOURED STARLING, juv.

RATTY

LITTLE EGRET

LAPWING

MED. GULL

SANDWICH TERN

SANDWICH TERN, JUV.