Tree sparrow

Summer Leys is famous for its tree sparrows

Mute swan and cygnets

Freshly hatched cygnets, this is the same swans that attacked the fox in previous pictures.

Hobby

Another aerial master, one of many atCoronation pit, Stewartby. Sadly I am informed that this wildlife haven is to eventually have an industrial incinerator put in to it................

Song thrush

This was a six inch worm in its beak until it was prepared for airborne transport back to some hungry chicks from our garden

Red footed falcon

another look at the male who graced Coronation pit at Stewartby

Tree sparrow

Summer Leys in N'Hants is where this character posed for the camera, a nice little reserve that gets its fair share of rarities

Swift

As the name suggests, these are very fast fliers and difficult to get clearly in the lens - this is my best effort to date but one I will strive to improve

Red footed falcon

This little chap was at 'Coronation pit', an area that was excavated for the London brick company and is now a magnet for hobbies and other falcons as well as water birds.
Sadly this site will eventually filled with household waste

Hobby

this aerial master was displaying its skill catching dragonflies at Lakenheath fen

Avocet

Seen here turning her eggs on a little island in front of a hide at Minsmere

Shelduck

Another Minsmere show off in it's finest set of feathers

Cetti's warbler

This was one of a pair that were racing around the bushes calling and displaying on a beautiful day at Minsmere.

Dotterel

This pair were on a stop over during migration North, they were at Royston in a pea field, a popular crop for this species. Unfortunately they were sixty yards away but double clicking on the image will reveal a slightly better view

Yellow wagtail

I came across this cracking individual as I was walking down to try and find a pair of dotterel

Marsh tit

At Sculthorpe Moor, a new reserve set up by the Hawk & Owl trust

Nightingale

This songster was at a reknowned spot for nightingales and he posed well