Kingfisher

Posing beautifully on thie reed mace in the early morning sun at Holme, it sat here for half an hour before dropping into the water and then disappeared so I don't know if it caught anything

A day at Titchwell

 The herring gull was very successful in his crab catching whilst w e watched, it seemed to catch them at will and they must have made very prickly snacks

 The Black tailed godwit seemed to be half asleep and unconcerned by our passing close by

 The Turnstones on the beach were happy to walk around the birders getting as close as fifteen feet or less if you layed down.

 Sanderling, which I find very endearing were zooming around in the surf which was being whipped up by a strong wind resulting in the foam that this bird was hunting in.

The male Shoveller in his brand new plumage looked very smart in the late afternoon sun

A good day at Grafham water

Les and I went to Grafham with friends Ken and Tim and were rewarded with some good birds for the time of year, picture one is a long tailed duck or Oldsquaw as it is known in the USA.
Picture two is a pair of distant black-necked grebes. Picture three is an arctic tern and finally a Northern wheatear.

Little egret studies

These were taken on different days at three locations and I just picked out the most eyecatching or unusual pictures for the blog, some were taken in quite low light.

La Roque, Dordogne, France

This is a spectacular place, inhabited for the last 55,000 years, the buildings are built under the overhangs of the sheer cliffs or in caves that are high up on the rock face.
It is worthwhile googling this place foe some superb images, there are lots of chateaus, some atop cliffs with spectacular views.

Dordogne wildlife

A small selection of some of the wildlife we found in the Thiviers region of the Dordogne

Orange slug

We found this beauty on the road at Nantheuil, I have also seen them in the UK, I have been unable to discover its species.