Yellow Wagtail

GB-B Gull nicking a goose egg. One of the reasons very few wader chicks reach maturity on the lagoons. RW

Nesting Lapwings not happy

Icelandic Black-tailed Godwits, RW

Early mist over Rutland Water

Many Yellow and White Wagtails sheltered on Lagoon 4 from the strong west wind 

Male White Wagtails

Tundra Ringed Plovers and Dunlin, RW

Avocets sorting out territories - if only they knew they were wasting their time. RW

2CY Ring-billed Gull that I found on Lagoon 4 before it was devalued at a bread infested duck pond.

Ring-billed Gull with a 1st winter Med Gull to it's right. RW

This Noctule Bat came flying in low from the south over the feeder stream at Eyebrook Reservoir and chose to land on the bridge 2ft from us. It spent the next 30 minutes preening before flying off north. 

It wrapped it's wings over it's head and had a quick bat nap.

A second before launching itself

Would be interesting to know where it had come from and where it was going. Was it migrating?

A nice pale Common Buzzard - easy to see why people mistake them for Rough-legs. RW 

Brimstone taking off

Local Ravens escorting a Buzzard away.

Awesome birds

Red Kite

Great-crested Grebes, RW