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Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) - Male - My first sighting this year

Photo taken: English Heritage Tintagel Castle, Cornwall https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/vis ... gel-castle


Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) - Male by SnappyMac, on Flickr

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

Very nice Snappy.

Well that's annoying... I replied to your jay pic, moaning that you'd beaten me showing mine
Nice Wheatear with that sky behind it

Cracking shot SM, av never seen one

Willpar wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 8:26 am Very nice Snappy.

Thanks William

PimperneBloke wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 8:28 am Well that's annoying... I replied to your jay pic, moaning that you'd beaten me showing mine
Nice Wheatear with that sky behind it

Thanks PB It was a good sky

Linda257 wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 8:54 am Cracking shot SM, av never seen one

thanks Linda. I saw this one at RSPB Ken-Dee Marshes a couple of years ago https://flic.kr/p/2p1ipDr Not so far from you

I had been looking at that site last week

Linda257 wrote: Fri Jul 04, 2025 9:28 am I had been looking at that site last week

I think it was the only thing I saw... We combined it with seeing the red kites.

Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)

Photo taken: RSPB Fowlmere, Royston, Cambridgeshire https://www.rspb.org.uk/days-out/reserves/fowlmere


Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) by SnappyMac, on Flickr

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