Common rosefinch

Despite spending quite a lot of time trying I have been unable to obtain a good clear picture of what is locally anything but common!

I was great to get to see such a rarity so close to home (near Fowlmere).

It is a first year male and it was singing nicely from a ladies garden.

It was found by a local birder who was driving past and stopped for a bicycle and heard it singing, well done that man.
It is a shame it was not a full adult which is a cracking bird and not a dull little chap like this.

Honey buzzard

Another picture from Brittany and this was also taken by a canal. The bird was quite high above me but it came out as a reasonable image

Shag

These were taken in Brittany by a lock on a canal and this is the tamest I have ever come across, I was more of a curiosity to the bird than a danger and it carried on with its business.

Apology

I do not understand what has gone wrong with the blog but it is now not possible to enlarge the pictures once they have been clicked, but the older posts are still fine. I will try and find out how to cure the problem

Great crested grebe

I was really surprised by the size of fish this youngster was given by it's parent, far too big I thought - how wrong could I be, it went down its neck in less than five seconds. I apologise for the quality, the birds were some distance away but you can get some idea of the size of the fish in the second picture.

Moorhen

In the past I had always thought young moorhens were ugly little things but this picture proves me wrong - at least in my eyes

Marsh harrier

This female had made a kill and partially eaten the prey and seemed to be panting as she flew past the hide on her way to her brood