The year has started quite well despite the fact that we started the year with 2 Otter cubs left from 4 born to 2 different females and lost both of those early in January,we don`t know why as both appeared very healthy 1 day and a couple of days later 1 had disappeared and the other was really struggling,some sort of poisoning looks likely as a fox was also seen in the same area very ill and had to be put down! Not a good start but nature has a way of bouncing back and fingers crossed we will see more otter cubs in the summer with the females currently being courted by a big dog otter currently.
Anyway on with the images
1/1 of our resident female Otters
2/Kingfishers have been great this year so far
3/Our latest "resident" in the park has been this female Kestrel,although not as regular as she was at the start of the year she still pops in for a visit
4/Heron gulping down lunch
5/Dipper
6/Sequence of a Kingfisher bringing up a pellet
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10/Selection of our Kestrel mainly looking for worms in the morning on the park grass
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13/The R5 followed her well through the branches
14/Some images of 1 of the female otters
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17/And sorry for the Kingfisher overload but they have been posing brilliantly the last few weeks!
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19/Another pellet being expelled but facing the wrong way from me this time lol
20/And just ready to expel the rest of the contents of its bowel before flying off
Thanks for looking
Ross
