Worth the wait, here's the latest from Rich Steel, taking the notion of holiday snaps to a whole new level on a trip to Hungary.
Absolutely unbelievable - I make no apology for putting so many on the blog, they're all brilliant, but the Red Foots - amazing!
Thanks Rich.
He explains: "The trip to Hungary was very good.
The first day we were in a Tower Hide for Red Footed Falcon.
We were very fortunate to see some Roller mating shortly after starting which apparently is quite a rare event.
The second day was spent at one of the woodland drinking pools.
Will be making a return visit next year I think but we will do more stuff on our rather than rely on the hides.
I have some unfinished business with Red backed Shrike!"
Gorgeous wee falcons (been way too long since I watched one) - and his Rollers aren't bad either!
Other goodies from the trip include Hawfinch, Collared Flycatcher, Turtle Dove, Nightingale and Red Backed Shrike.
An incredible portfolio of images.
Makes me hang my scurvy digi-binning head in shame.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Just been fishing on the River Alt by the Formby bypass and my brother fishing just down the bank from me disturbed an Otter, making it swim across to the other bank and ran along the other side before disapearing into the undergrowth - just wondered if anyone else has seen them in that area?
I absolutely love all of these shots. Looks like you had a great time in Hungary.
My favourite is the Hawfinch drinking, but then again I'm biased because I love these little birds.
Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing them.
New Med Gull on Ainsdale beach this afternoon; this one still has a few black chevrons in its white wingtips.
Gannets and Manxies feeding offshore in the evening.
I am always fishing on the River Alt, not seen Otter yet, but there was a report on this site earlier in the year that someone from the Environment Agency had seen signs of one.
Pete G
An exceptional day on Sunday, when a visit to the entrance field at Ainsdale NNR produced not only 17 Forester moths but also a superb White-letter Hairstreak nectaring on Ragwort in the southwest corner near a row of Elms. In 44 years of recording on the Sefton Coast this was the first time I had encountered this species! After that, everything else was a bit of an anticlimax but, in the ley of the Alders along Birkdale Green Beach, the first Six-spot Burnets of the summer were hatching in numbers, while a pair of Small Skippers posed for an intimate portrait. Mottled Grasshoppers were also worth a second look.
Formby Point seawatch, 0820-1150:
Common Scoter 175
Manx Shearwater 41
Gannet 184
Great Skua 1
Kittiwake 1
Little Tern 3
Sandwich Tern 52
Common Tern 98
Arctic Tern 6
Guillemot 1
Almost everything moving south