A few photos from the West Midlands Bird Club’s private reserve at Belvide
I have no real idea what this Grey Heron was doing: I can only assuming it was collecting – or trying to collect – nesting material. Grey Herons are an early nesting species and there is a heronry close-by at Gailey.
Seems tricky to do without losing your balance.
I guess it would have to break off one of these stalks.
A fine drake Teal.
I couldn’t decide which side looked best.
And here he is again with his very plain partner.
Nothing special just a portrait of a Great Crested Grebe with all the breeding finery sleeked back (and some wing feathers out of place).
A fine day so the Buzzards are on the wing.
Looking rather fierce.
One of the many brown lacewing sps., likely of the genus
Hemerobius and difficult to specifically identify.
A silhouette view. Amazing pattern of veins in the wings.
(Ed Wilson)
