mammal & amphibian

common toad

3 of 6 roe deer

Merfs

Engrailed

Early grey (the moth - not the tea)

A couple to start the season off............get cracking

4 to keep us going

Oak nycteoline (hopefully). This is an overwinterer, hence its tatty appearance.

Curlew heading north

the harbinger of spring to many

Motacilla alba alba

2 more

Lapland Bunting

As you know, I've been trying to get snaps of these flighty little buggers for years...........well !!

Pretty tough to get bored of owls, Michael. Keep 'em comin'.

Alba again.

Don't want to bore you with owls, but species range poor at the moment.

Alba

on holiday in bridlington

a couple of purps enjoying the sunshine while vactioning on brid's harbour slipway, and a s.e.owl at buckton courtesy of MT.

north cave wetlands

A few images testing the new converter in decent light. It seems ok, but  surprisingly, hunts more on the 50d than on the 30d ( I miss the 1ds2 at times like this). Your ducks are superb, my pochard seem a far from adequate response.

Brant, RI Feb.'11.

Ducks - RI/Massachusetts, Feb.'11.

Ducks - RI/Massachusetts, Feb.'11.

Harrier eating Gull, Westport Feb. '11.

                  Fish Crow. I heard it call ("Mackerel for tea").