Garden birds in the snow - 06/12/2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Andalusia flora and fauna - Oct 2012

Cattle Egret - Córdoba

Hoopoe - Córdoba

Group of Cattle Egrets - Córdoba

Feral Pigeon - Cádiz

Yellow-legged Gull - Cádiz

Unknown fish in sea off Caleta beach - Cádiz

Sanderling - Caleta beach, Cádiz

What a tree!  Avenue in Cádiz

Cetaceans leaping from sea - Cádiz

Interesting tree - Cádiz

Another interesting tree - Cádiz

Fiddler(?) crabs - Bahia de Cádiz Nature Reserve

Suffolk - 07-12/09/2012

A poor record shot of the Pec Sandpiper

Plenty of Blackwits at Minsmere - some even came fairly close

Waiting for stage one of the Tour of Britain 2012 at Theberton

The leading group

The peleton

Wiggo and mates

The great Wiggo

More of the peleton

The stragglers

Dramatic evening sky over our Eastbridge campsite

 

Barn Owl near the bridge at Eastbridge - too dark for great photos, but what can you do?
 

Barn Owl over the field next to our campsite

Ditto
 

Ditto
 

Kingfisher in front of Bill's Hide, Lackford Lakes

Red Admiral right in front of the hide

Kingfisher even closer
 

Ditto

Ditto

Mandarin
 

Greylag

Canada

Egyptian Goose
 

Tufted Duck - interestingly, the ducks here were far more out of eclipse plumage than those at Minsmere

Mallard close up

Pair of Mallard
 

Duck Pochard
 

Obliging Comma butterfly