Pied Flycatchers, April

Ground Beetle - Carabus nitens

A jewel of the moorland.

Common Buzzard, Rutland

Generally just a Common Buzzard apart from the reddish tail. A large aggressive bird and always in the thick of the action when boundaries are crossed.

Pale Common Buzzard, Rutland

A gorgeous pale Common Buzzard. It looked remarkably like a white Gyr sitting on a fence post from a distance.

3 Mediterranean and a Ring-billed Gull, RW, 7th April

Three 2nd summer Med Gulls and an adult Ring-billed joined the small gulls this evening.

Euro Fighter v 5R

This ridiculously low Euro fighter wasn't far away from taking out a fishing Osprey, male 5R - or maybe the Osprey would have taken it out.