Birds seen on the Lazy Otter walk

I have seen more Kingfishers this summer/autumn than ever before, but fewer Kestrels.   The Kingfisher was at a considerable distance and extremely well camouflaged in the reeds, but a photograph had to be attempted!

What a wonderful display of wing and tail feathers from a Kestrel when it is hovering.   This one was expending a considerable amount of time and energy hovering and quartering without finding anything to pounce onto.

House Sparrows are also much less common than they used to be;  in fact they are something of a rarity these days.

Wicken Fen

 Just in case I do get to use this blog more often in 2013, here are some images from a trip to Wicken Fen this morning.   I was particularly excited to have photographed a kingfisher for the first time, and although the images are short of pixels, or have lots of twigs to obscure the bird, they do have to be included!