Armed with my big lens on the camera, we stopped every so often to record the habitat and generally see what wildlife there was.
First we found a Little Egret on the flooded field next to the restaurant we went to recently.
Little Egret - numbers have increased in recent years.
They are related to the Herons and silently hunt for their food in water.
A Pied Wagtail appeared in front of me on the grass and I managed to get a much better photo of it for you see all it's glory.
A Grey Heron flew over and landed in a nearby river.
Back in the car we went through some lanes checking out the fields and woodlands for the transect area. We stopped at a corner and while my husband was talking to me this sweet little Wren popped up on a branch, out in the open in full song. I wasn't going to miss this opportunity!
Wren - a tiny, shy bird, with a lovely, loud song, but not the smallest bird in the UK.
Nearby I briefly saw a Blackcap but it didn't show for any photos.
In the garden at home this evening, in glorious sunshine, there were busy insects ;
These 3 photos are of a Dark-edged Bee-fly. They hover in mid air and are often identifiable by their long proboscis, obvious when hovering in one place and look like a bee. If disturbed they come back to the same place or area.
There was a Tapered Dronefly hanging around our ivy that grows up a fence.
This micro moth which I will get beck to you on its name.
(above and below).
Fingers crossed for the moth trap out tonight. Watch this space.
See you tomorrow.
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