Greylag Goose and a grass snake swimming

Thursday 28th March

A glorious day, watched nuthatch still working on it's nest hole, the other nest was very quiet, saw one bird go in but didn't see it come out.
Greater Spotted Woodpecker busy in Pirates Wood.
Saw my first Grass snake of the year on Captain's Pool, the GC Grebes are busy building a nest I think and I saw one terrapin enjoying the sunny weather.
Couple of Jays active today and apart from that it was pretty quiet in the area.

Nuthatch at the nest.

Greater Spotted Woodpecker

  GSW

Terrapin

Grass snake

Grass snake

Wednesday 27th March

Never get too much time on a wednesday, so just a small outing late morning.
Nuthatches working on two nests, also wren nest building in one of the reserves.
Very quiet around Captain's.

Nuthatch

Canadian Goose attack

Clarke's Mining Bee

Tuesday 26th March

Been busy in the garden today so didn't spend too long out and about, again it's very quiet for the small birds, mostly down to nesting I think.
Did see a Greater spotted woodpecker flying away from by the 3 pools and a heron hunting for frogs in the same area.
Nice to see a Greylag Goose on Captain's which is a first for me.
Took the bridge camera which has taken all of today's photos, used the Raynox 250 on the marmalade fly.

Heron, just waiting

Heron on a walkabout

Nuthatch at the nest

Marmalade Hoverfly

Greylag Goose

Couple of Toads

Great Crested Grebes are still courting

Monday 25th March

Only a short walkabout today, with just a few shots from Captain's Pool

Few B&W (infrared) shots from Dudmaston, taken with Olympus camera which has been converted to infrared.

Few colour shots from Dudmaston, Pentax K20D