Pittswood Birds

I wasn't going to do a post until Monday after my excursion to see the Spotted Crake at Oare and the Lesser Yellow legs at Cliffe yesterday, then a visit to Alan Paveys patch at Sissinghurst this morning, I didn't think I'd have time to visit my patch this weekend, however, I found myself with a spare hour or so after dinner today, so I went to see if I could get what would probably be my last Dragonfly photo's this year, the only ones left on the wing here now are the Migrant Hawkers, and I found a few in their usual place at the Greenhouse Grounds.

Whilst taking the Hawker Photo's, a SPARROWHAWK was seen up hunting, and one of the KESTREL pair took an interest in what I was up to, watching me from the Greenhouse roof, at one point it swooped down and caught a vole, but much more spectacular was seeing it zoom a meter or so from my head, snatching a mating pair of Migrant Hawkers that I was waiting to alight for a photo! It flew off to eat them on the roof, but one manged to escape  :-)

Tomorrow being the last day of the month, i'll be out first thing for a full patch walk, hoping to add something to the months bird count, namely the Yellowhammer!

Here's the photo's of the Hawkers, ive done them before I know, but they are brilliant little creatures :-)

I got a few flight shots this afternoon

Migrant Hawker In Flight

I reckon this one is my best flight shot yet  :-)

It posed nicely at times too

At one point I got my macro set up to within 12cm of it

Migrant Hawker