Nice surprise

 A visit to the members hide this afternoon produced a nice surprise and a first for me on the pond in all the years i have been going there.

A flash past the front of the hide first thoughts was Sparrow hawk which i thought landed in the tree off to the left but further investigation proved it to be a Little Owl wow never seen one here before,here,s a few pics.

Shortly after that a pair of Mistle Thrushes landed in the same tree and started calling.

All together a nice afternoon

Thanks for looking 

Stay Safe

Joe.

Red Flanked Bluetail.

 Another tip-off from Paul C saw me driving down to w/bay to view the RFB along with twenty or more other birders ,high up in the tree canopy and being kept on move by the resident Robin it wasn't easy for me to get many usable images at all but here's the best of my bunch .

Very nice to see again .

Thanks for looking and

STAY SAFE.

Joe

Spoony on the pond

 A phone call from Paul C had me making a quick dash down the pond as a Spoonbill was on the island ,this is a first for me on the pond i believe it to be a juvenile bird as it is still carrying its black tipped primary feathers,here is a few pics and bifs as it left heading south east.

Thanks for looking

Stay Safe

Joe.