Brock

Another highlight from Saturday night courtesy of Speyside Wildlife- four Badgers.

Pine Marten

I have wanted to see Pine Marten's for a very long time so this weekend, on the way to Shetland, I booked Dad and me into the Speyside Wildlife Hide. What a great experience- we had two Pine Martens- a female and male, Wood Mice, Pipistrelle Bats, four Badgers and Red Deer from the hide. But the Pine Martens..... an animal I never thought I would ever see and we had such incredible views. The photos don't do them justice as were taken in the dark on ISO approx 1 million but believe if in the area, it is worth the late night!

Sharp-tailed Sandpiper In Australia

Rottnest Island off the coast of Perth, was great for waders, especially around the salt lakes and these Sharp-tailed Sandpipers were obliging by the road.

Blast from the Past- Nankeen Night Heron

I photographed this superb Nankeen Night Heron in Perth, WA back in November 2013, right at the beginning of the summer. Only just taking a look at photos taken then- hopefully more to follow!

Aukward

Gannets overload

Spent the afternoon at Bempton Cliffs in the late May. Forgot how good a place it is and certainly had an upgrade since the last time I visited! As usual, took far too many photos and here is just the first batch of Gannets.

Adult Mediterranean Gull at Deeping Lakes

This adult Mediterranean Gull has been at Deeping Lakes the last few days, perhaps the same bird that has been at another local gravel pit displaying to Black-headed Gulls. If so it finally appears to have given up. A great looking bird.

Cattle Egret again

I first found this Cattle Egret at Deeping Lakes exactly a month ago (19th April) and to me, the bird appears to have got into better condition. On Sunday 19th it showed well on the East Pit.

Yellow fellow

Mid-May Whimbrel on the patch

This rather obliging worm gobbling Whimbrel was found by John Pasrsonage on Friday 10th May on the Pet Refuge car park. It remained all weekend, occasionally being flushed onto the East Pit of Deeping Lakes.

Little Gull fest

Josh Jones found a superb flock of Little Gulls at Baston & Langtoft GP this morning. The birds were hard to count but we got to 24 but it appeared others appeared so perhaps closer to 30 in reality. Josh also found 6 Black Terns on the same pit, two of which can be found far right on the first photo. A classic April day!