Watching the video with sound up is best.
Scrapping foxes: sitting on a lawn with a pack of foxes circling you is rather nerve-racking!
Up for a scrap!
nature spots
Stonechats.
Male and female Stonechats on open moorland New Forest this morning.
Kestrel.
Common Kestrel hovering, looking for small rodents.
Fox.
Our fox is equally at home within our woodland and farmland, or city streets. At the top of the countryside food chain, they consume a variety of animals. Their diet includes everything from birds and beetles to rabbits and rats. In the city, they scavenge around human activity waste bins and abandoned fast food is a favourite.
A spash of colour.
Or for those in the USA – A splash of color .
Stonechat on Gorse and Magpie in an Apple Tree.
Mandarin
Mandarin Duck Cadmans Pool New Forest.
Lapwing.
One Lapwing was sitting in the grass, and two others were flying /displaying just over her head. My interpretation was that they were two males trying to impress. The mating season has started in the wetlands.
Another.
Another female Redstart. A beautiful bird, almost understated compared to the bright male bird.
Antlers.
Fallow deer bucks typically cast their antlers annually, usually between April and May. The regrowth of new antlers follows this process. They are initially covered in soft, velvety skin. This skin is later rubbed off, leaving a hardened antler by August or September.
I watched 4 bucks in the New Forest this morning. Three had cast their antlers. The one still with his antlers had taken the alpha role and was dominant in this small group.
Farmland.
Some wildlife of the farmland on the South Downs.
Brown Hare.
A “spooked” Partridge by a running Hare
Common Buzzard.
Continued Reflections from my World. 