STILL STUCK AT HOME WITH NO SIGNS OF RELEASE, NOT EVEN PAROLE IS ON OFFER, BUT AT LEAST I'M FINDING BARN OWL PELLETS UNDER THE LARGE BOX.

I think the only positive happening of late is the finding of the Barn Owl pellets, so we have still got at least one resident bird. Other than that the new Covid cases over the UK have taken a large drop but in our little area we are still well above average in comparison to the rest of Britain, no signs as yet as to being able to travel to go birding, in fact the police are handing out increasing numbers of fines and again threatening the loss of your driving license if  you are caught driving far from home.

The  rules at the moment are that we can meet up to six people outside as long as we keep to social distancing, the idiot factor has already changed this by meeting up in parks in large numbers, so I'm sure the numbers of new cases will soon start to rise yet again. All I want to do is go and watch some birds, it's not much to ask.

So; I'm afraid its another Archive post, 

Glossy Ibis, Cossington Meadows,


This bird arrived and was about for a couple of months.
 

Curlew, Sandpiper Hide, Rutland Water.

Seen on a regular basis around the hides, appear to like the muddy area, plenty of food.

Great White Egret, Sandpiper Hide, Rutland Water,


We are seeing these in increasing numbers, and have been breeding in Britain since 2012 when they first bred in the Somerset Levels.
 

Cock Pheasant, Eyebrook Reservoir.

I'm always amazed at the variation in color of these birds.

Kestrels, Eyebrook Reservoir.

Another bird we see on a regular basis at all the reservoirs.

Red Kite, Euebrook Reservoir.

A bird that  is being seen in large numbers these days and have really taken off since the re-introduction.

Little Owls.

Even though when I get out I always look for new sites of these little beauties but all to no avail, I wish I could see them in the numbers that Richard and myself used to see.

Pair of Lambs.

Deciding Mum would make a super bouncy castle.

Little Grebe, Crake Hide, Rutland Water,


My Dad called these Dab Chicks.

Female Peregrine, Lagoon Four, Rutland Water,

A bird I was told had come from Lincoln Cathedral due to the orange ring.

A regular visitor through the Winter with all the easy pickings.
 

Little Egret, Crake Hide, Rutland Water.

It does not seem that long ago that these were a rare sighting and people would travel long distances to see these birds.

Emerald Damsel Fly.

 A regular sighting on the Woodland walk at Rutland Water.

Juvenile Osprey 3 AF 2017, Eyebrook Reservoir. from site O.

Male Osprey 33/11, Shallow Water Hide,

Manton Bay Pair, Female on the left,33/11 to the right.

Speckled Wood.

Rutland Water, Woodland Walk.

Common Tern, Waderscrape Hide.

When on Osprey duty Terns are all about.

Ruddy Darter, Egleton Reserve, Nr Mallard Hide.

These are everywhere in the Summer Months.

Another near Crake Hide.





MANTON BAY OSPREY UPDATE.

The adult  birds are taking turns in sitting on two eggs, hopefully more still to be laid.

Three young Osprey from 2017.

These being T5, T,T6 & T7. Since then the pair have been producing four young each year, lets hope for another four.

The tree young with 33/11 at the back.

Adult Hobby, Sandpiper Hide.

Showing its red trousers, wonderful to watch in flight taking Dragonflies.

Greenshank, Sandpiper Hide.

Goldeneye, Crake Hide.

Certainly a striking duck.


Thankyou for your visit, I hope you enjoyed as much as I have in putting together from my archives, hopefully I will soon manage a trip out with the camera.