Garden Sparrowhawk

No Voles Yet, but Lots of Birds

Willow Warbler

Male Redstart

Wheatears

 

Grey Wagtail

Siskin

Pied Flycatcher

male greenfinches

Mr and Ms stonechat.

Sneaky snipe.

red kite

egret

chiffchaff

Welsh Seals and Goats

 

This male grey seal is moulting, hence the shabby look.

This is as close as you can get to the seals, and wardens watch to make sure the seals are safe from people and dogs. It is very stressful for seals to be hassled. I used a 125X zoom lens to get my photos.

Many curlews and redshanks at RSPB Conwy

The wild goats of Llandudno keeping the road verges trimmed.

Back in Shropshire, here are two water vole burrows off Greenfields Rise.

Corn Bunting!

 

Really pleased to see this corn bunting, as I haven't seen one in this spot for five years. Also spotted a kestrel, skylarks, lapwings, my first chiff chaff of the year, and this badger sett where the occupants were clearly having a spring-clean.

Into 2024, with Hares.

 

meadow pipit above, fieldfares below

Birthday Birds

 

yellowhammer

beautiful skies

kestrel

fieldfare