What have you seen

Thanks, Blue and Wherenext. I’ve some more phone photos of the mole, but they’re really poor when downsized to what is postable on CT.

Looks like the most of the swallows have gone and now we have a few black redstarts about again off to the south.

Still got quite a few clouded yellow butterflies about even a few blues, birds are busy on my birdfeeder filled it three times today blue, great and marsh tits plus nuthatches, the jays have found some acorns on our big oak tree and we thought there was not many on it also the red squirrel has been about.  We did have mole  here but it has now gone.

We saw a couple of Swallows today, RK. You never know when they're going to be the last ones until next year. 

Had a walk along the pebbled beach gazing out to sea today and were rewarded with a Razorbill and a Red Throated Diver who appeared almost at the sea edge right in front of us and stayed for as long as we wanted him to. Some lovely Turnstones and Ringed Plovers on the beach and Brent Geese and Pink Feet flying around.

Just when you think your local patch has shown all its got, this turns up....in fact two of them.

Great photo GL was that on the common?

No...it was at my usual watchpoint alongside the River Chet.  Chatting to a fisherman and he said that he had seen two of them a couple of weeks ago.  I thought that if they stayed, the chance of seeing them was remote considering the reeds.  This bird just took off and floated above the reeds for around 75 yards.

You never know what you will see.

Think of all those hours that you've put in and nothings happened, Greylag. Eventually you get your reward. Lovely photos.

Your right...many's the time I have come away with nothing to show for the time put in....but it is very therapeutic just watching nature.

Sitting by the van in Lincolnshire and watching Wood Mice scampering around the hedgerow when this mouse started feeding on this weed.  

Couldn't have been more obliging.

Nice to see you back and on form GL. Great pics.

Wow, fantastic photo 😊