Great spotted woodpecker at Lanhydrock

Not a close up shot but just sitting naturally on an oak branch posing.

Blue Tit nesting at Lanhydrock

Spotted this blue tit nesting in a natural hole in a large oak tree. Makes a pleasant change from seeing them to-ing and fro-ing from nest boxes.
I know the bird leaving the nest is blurred but I love the way it looks as if its just chucked itself out into the open air.

Bodmin Moor birds on show

A quick vist to Bodmin moor this morning proved well worth the trip as wheatears were in abundance and the tip-off of a pair of nesting treecreepers paid dividends with some decent photos.
This was not the place that I'd readily associate with treecreepers but this pair were nesting in a low position on a well pecked tree and were photographed using the car as a hide initially and then by a small sit-in one man hide.
I think these birds had read the textbook as it was a classic nest site!

 

 

Great spotted woodpecker

I've been watching this nest site for a while now and am awaiting the hatching of young as I reckon there could be some good shots to follow when they start feeding and visiting the nest regularly.

Tawny Owl

Just got back in the car from photographing the reed warblers when Ed phoned with ongoing good views of a Tawny Owl on the outskirts of town. Can't turn down an opportunity like that so here's the proof below.

Reed Warblers on the River Camel

Spent a few hours trying to get clear shots of a reed warbler through the ever moving reeds this morning. There was one hell of an easterly blowing down the valley so the poor birds were doing all their singing from the bottom of the reeds rather than climbing up them.
Luckily one decided to use the adjacent oak tree as a singing perch.

More sunlight, more frogs

Please don't mention the invasive pond weed, its just the ideal backdrop for the frog to peer through.