A Common Tern fishing off the beach on the Solent. The meal of the day is small flat fish.
Off shore.
birds
Reflections.
#Wordless Wednesday.
Swan.
Male Stonechat.
Male Stonechat on New Forest Gorse.
Summer Godwits.
The Black-tailed Godwit is a large, long-legged, long-billed shorebird. ( it is one of Europe’s larger wading birds). A number of these remain in the UK all year rather than migrate to their breeding grounds in Iceland. We are lucky to have a number of these birds all year round in Titchfield Haven
Sunbathing.
I spotted this male Blackbird sunbathing today. I had my camera in the van so was able to get a photograph. As a part of routine feather maintenance, the bird adopts a posture in which the body feathers are fluffed up the wings are held out from the body, with feathers spread.
It is thought that for the bird using the sun does two things – It helps preen oil to spread across the feathers and drives parasites out from their plumage.
Hatching.
Black-headed gull chicks have started to appear at the nesting colony at Titchfield Haven.
Quite a long film of the nesting colony (note no sound) The chicks are only a few days old but will grow rapidly. There is one slightly older and larger chick in the film.
Woodpeckers.
A new Great Spotted Woodpecker nest found in woodland a short walk off the public footpath close to home. This afternoon we sat down close to their “tree” suitably camouflaged and watched.
Gosling.
Canada Goose gosling.
fight!
Full-blown scrap over nest site! Black-headed gulls.
Continued Reflections from my World. 