Also at Minsmere I went to the hide that is usually good for photographing nesting Avocets. Sadly the water level was so high only a few black headed gulls were left on the remaining tops of the islands.
Some were bringing in nesting material.
A couple of weekends ago I visited a very wet Minsmere RSPB nature reserve in Suffolk. There was not much about but in the car park I photographed some rabbits, including a cute little kit.
Another was grooming
On my visit to Kefalonia 2 years ago I spent a half day in the capital Argostoli. In the harbour there were a number of yellow legged gulls. Walking along the shore path I came across the first shrike I had ever seen, a woodchat shrike. The harbour is famous for the tame loggerhead turtle.…
A quick post with the other photos from Mounda beach. There was a large antlion, probably Palapares sp.
And the smaller Euroleon sps.
There was an individual of both the ringed plover species on the beach.
Ringed plover
Little ringed plover
It was a beautiful sunny day.
The balkan wall lizards were basking.
A couple of years ago I went to Kefalonia, staying in Skala at the south of the island. A decent walk away was Mounda beach near Katelios. This beach is one of the last breeding sites for loggerhead turtles on Kefalonia, a species that is under threat from expanding tourism. However there is a group…
The weekend before last I headed up to one of my favourite parts of my local patch, Bedfords Park. I didn’t take many photos but I did get my first speckled wood of the year. This was before all the recent rain and the bluebells were looking a bit flat. I did take a couple…
The main attraction at Gigrin, is of course the Red Kites. There are lots of them! Its hard to get them with a clean background, by which I mean one with no other kites in the background – not a common problem with BOP! I got a few though: I also managed an ok shot…
Back in November I went to Girgin Farm with some friends to photograph the kites. I also wanted some photos of the buzzards and I managed a few nice ones.
I got some of one on the ground
Driving to Glen Shee, we passed plenty of red grouse and we stopped to photograph an number of those in photographic postions.
I managed to get one making that fantastic call.
A few were wandering around the ski resort car park.
We also passed a golden plover, which I managed one ok photo of.
