Bittern #Birds RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #swillyings

Mute swan busking.
Usually a mild threat display with raised wings, lowered head and a bow wave created by using both feet together to push forward.
#staidans #airevalley #Swillyings Ring no. Y788
#WexMondays #apppicoftheweek #fsprintmonday

Cetti's early morning #swillyings

#Swillyings bird walk this morning. Bittern stalking, hobby and wheatear. Pics not great though

Spoonbill #swillyings

My first butterfly (Small Tortoiseshell) of 2018 near Methley copse! RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #StAidans #Swillyings

Glossy Ibis + Short-eared Owl at St Aidan’s today. #Swillyings #StAidans

Great to see the Common Crane at St Aidens this afternoon RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s RSPB Birders #Swillyings

#StAidans #Swillyings today 3 Stonechat, Kestrels, buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher and necking GCGs. Kestrel was on the ground for over 10 minutes after it's kill.

#SwillyIngs ⁦RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s⁩ Ruff on Cattlegate Pond this morning

Mettle on Metal.
One of the four recently fledged Kestrels; either intrepid or reckless.
Raised on the decaying dragline machine inside RSPB St Aidan’s Nature
Park, Leeds.
#staidans #airevalley #Swillyings
#WexMondays #apppicoftheweek #fsprintmonday

Sparrowhawk #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #Swillyings #Birds

Small tripod(?) screw left on bench at main lake/ causeway crossroads at RSPB St Aidans. Taking it to the RSPB hut. Owner might be a Long-toed Stint twitcher? RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #swillyings

OTD 2019. Common Pochard looking to attract a mate. #SwillyIngs #StAidans

Red Kite on the hillside at St Aidan’s this morning. #Swillyings #StAidans RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s

St Aidan’s today, Bittern showing very well on WRB, a few Bearded Tits pinging about, Great White Egret over the reedbeds which hosted large numbers of Lapwings + a few Golden Plover and Ruff. RSPB Fairburn Ings and RSPB St Aidan’s #Swillyings #StAidans

Sunset over Astley Lake #SwillyIngs #StAidans

Some of the Pyramidal Orchids Julian found in the grassland above Fleet plantation at Swilly today.
#sibg #swillyings

At St Aidan's pampick.blogspot.com/2019/04/st-aid… #Swillyings

Great day at Swilly with Joe Eckersley, highlights include 3 Blackwit, Ruff, Reed + Sedge Warbler, PFG + Barnacle Goose, 15+ White Wagtails, Blue-headed Wagtail and Bitterns galore with a pair circling the site in view for 15-20 mins. #Swillyings #StAidans