Mevagissey

Cormorant at the harbour

Cormorant

Turnstone

Film of a Juvenile Shag diving

RSPB Fowlmere

Turtle Dove (the first time I'd ever seen this species)

Green-Veined White startled by a wasp

Green-Veined White

Small White

Juvenile Green Woodpeckers

Grey Heron

Linnet

Ashwell

Yellow Wagtail

Purwell Ninesprings Nature Reserve

Purwell Ninesprings is our local nature reserve. It offers a range of wildlife including Whitethroat, Grey Heron, Blackcap, Cuckoo, Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler, Reed Bunting, Kingfisher and Water Vole and a number of butterflies throughout the summer. The reserve consists of a circular walk, a viewpoint (where you are almost guaranteed Reed Warbler in spring and summer) and a boardwalk. I would definitely recommend the reserve.

Boardwalk

Wild Flowers

Whitethroat (one of many present)

Stanborough Lakes

Grey Heron

Late Bullfinch Brood

Six weeks after taking photos of a family of bullfinches in the garden, this morning, six bullfinches flew into our garden (one male, one female, four juveniles). Both the male and female were feeding the babies. There was also a Juvenile Goldfinch being fed by two adults.

Juvenile Bullfinch

Adult (background) and Juvenile (foreground) Goldfinch

Juvenile Goldfinch calling for food

Rye Meads

As well as an amazing view of a male and female Kingfisher, we saw our 200th (Wood Sandpiper) and 201st (Black-Necked Grebe) species of bird in Britain. Both birds were distant, but the Kingfishers were very close.

Kingfisher

Kingfisher

Green Sandpiper

Little Grebe

Common Tern

Juvenile Common Tern

Dunwich Heath

We saw a few Dartford Warblers during the circular walk - one was very close (but flew off before I could raise my camera) and a few were too far away to get a decent photograph. We also saw Roe Deer, Stonechats and Linnets.

Gatekeeper Butterfly

Male Stonechat

Juvenile Green Woodpecker

Taken from my house

Scotland 2011 - Top 15 Photos

1 - Puffin

2 - Badger

3 - Puffins

4 - Common Frog

5 - Puffins

6 - Arctic Tern

7 - Siskin

8 - Common Frog

9 - Arctic Tern

10 - Oystercatchers

11 - Juvenile Swallow

12 - Ring Ouzel

13 - Red Squirrel

14 - Bottlenose Dolphin

15 - Meadow Pipit

Scotland 2011

After 1,575 miles travelled, 89 species of bird heard or seen and over 2,500 photos taken - our holiday has come to an end. Thank you to everybody who has been following my blog, I hope you have been enjoying my photos and continue to follow my blog. Within the next few days I hope to post the "Top 15" photos from the last 10 days, so have another look in the next few days.

Overall Highlights:

Pine Marten

Puffins

Ring Ouzel

Bottlenose Dolphins

Dippers

Red Grouse

Ospreys

Badgers

Spotted Flycatchers

Red-Throated Divers

Red Squirrels

Goldcrest

Wheatears

Common Frog

Field Voles

Golden Plover

Slavonian Grebes

Crossbills

Brown Hares