Merlin on a bare winter branch late last year, thanks Mark 👏🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #RedOrDead #birds #Nikon

Long-tailed Shrike with insects to devour 🪶 #birds #shrike #nikon

Long-tailed shrike today, my best views yet of this super rare bird that seems to have taken residence locally 🪶 #birds #shrike

#BirdOfTheDay #OverTheRainbow #Kingfisher 🪶 #birds #Nikon

Tawny Owl juvenile 🪶 #birds #owls

#BirdOfTheDay #MultiColour birds from recent months #birds 🪶

Green Woodpecker searching for ants in the back garden 🪶 #birds

Short Eared Owl #BirdOfTheDay #EyeOfTheWild 🪶 #birds

Marsh Harrier has spotted me.. #BirdOfTheDay #EyeOfTheWild 🪶 #birds

Juvenile Green Woodpecker in the garden this morning 🪶 #birds

Grasshopper Warbler from a few weeks ago, so close I had to take a couple of backward steps! 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #ScreenFiller #Birds

#BirdOfTheDay #ScreenFiller Nothing like a Grackle

Grasshopper Warbler #BirdOfTheDay #SingersAndWingers 🪶 #birds

European Shag, #BirdOfTheDay #SingersAndWingers #birds 🪶

Wheatear amongst the shoreline flowers #Birds&Flowers #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #birds

Wood mouse? Watched it whilst I was skulking in the FoD searching for birds, fascinating as it busily went about its business

Spotted Flycatcher recently fledged in the Forest of Dean this morning 🪶 #birds #glosbirds

Green woodpecker juvenile in flight from the garden 🪶 #birds

Green Woodpecker adult feeding it’s juvenile from the garden 🪶 #birds

Quick update on my young Pallid Swift. As you can see still eating well and growing well. I am hopeful I might be able to release it next week. Will keep you updated. #swift #Swifts #saveourswifts #birds #birding

Quick update on my young Pallid Swift. Release time and successfully flies off - so happy to have saved another Swift. What a joyous day. #birds #swift #saveourswifts #birding #Alicante

Cattle egret surprisingly around cattle….. 🪶 #birds

Oh! Great Crested Grebe waddling on the edge of the lake, it’s unusual to see them out of the water 🪶 #birds

John Craven the legend, met him while filming for BBC Country File at the #Cotswoldlakes #CotswoldLakesTrust #BBC

Little Bittern #BlurBirds from a while ago at El Hondo #BirdOfTheDay #InFlight #birds 🪶

Firecrest #LookingAtYou #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #birds

Turtle Dove having a #BadFeatherDay #BirdOfTheDay 🪶 #birds

Great White Egret in a hoolie 🪶 #BirdOfTheDay #BadHairDay #birds

Mr Blackbird with a beak full of bugs for his young family 🪶 #birds

Wheatear on the move 🪶 #birds