My picture of the day...

[SnappyMac]

Great one Snappy, have never seen one.

Thanks William

[SnappyMac]

Lovely Snappy, nearly as lovely as mine at Brownsea ;)

Thanks PB

[Bob S]

Siskin (Carduelis spinus)

Photo taken at: RSPB The Lodge Sandy, Bedfordshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/the-lodge

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/siskin

Very nice Snappy. Don't really get that many around here and they are lovely colourful birds.

[SnappyMac]

Very nice Snappy. Don't really get that many around here and they are lovely colourful birds.

Thanks Bob, that was the best view I have had for a long time. At the reserve they are more often in the tops of the silver birch trees.

[SnappyMac]

Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus)

Photo taken at: WWT Welney, Norfolk https://www.wwt.org.uk/wetland-centres/welney


Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/lapwing

[Linda257]

I do miss Peewit from our old rspb forum NOT!!! ti's a lovely bird and their call is just so unique, like your blue sky!

[SnappyMac]

I do miss Peewit from our old rspb forum NOT!!! ti's a lovely bird and their call is just so unique, like your blue sky!

Thanks Linda . I hadn't seen any close up, then two flew low over my head

[Willpar]

Not a bird I see often. Great one Snappy.

[SnappyMac]

Not a bird I see often. Great one Snappy.

Thanks William

[SnappyMac]

Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - A great bird to have as my 100th species photographed so far this year…

Photo taken at: Paxton Pits Nature Reserve, Cambridgeshire https://paxton-pits.org.uk/


Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

Species Information: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/cuckoo