Gone Fishing.

Spotted Flycatcher Goldington

Spotted flycatcher Goldington

1of a pair present since the spring.Unfortunately no sign of any breeding activity this year after successfully fledging young at the same site the previous year

Double Demoiselle

The Reed Bunting took advantage of these Banded Demoiselles whilst in cop.

Bedford Sprawk Nest

Garden nest in Bedford with five (edit SIX!) large chicks.

Out and About In Beds May/June 2012

Crow Stockgrove

Goldfinch 

Blackbird

Coot Nest Tiddenfoot

Blue Tit

Collard Dove

Great Tit Tiddenfoot

Green Woodpecker Stockgrove

Greenfinch

Grey Heron Rushmere

Grey Lag Goose Woburn

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

Grey Wagtail Tiddenfoot

House sparrow

Jay Stockgrove

Jackdaw

Kestral Woburn

Lapwing MVCP

Blackbird

Mallard Tiddenfoot

Manderine Duck Tiddenfoot

Marsh Tit Stockgrove

Little Grebe MVCP

Nuthatch Stockgrove

Robin

Song Thrush Stockgrove

Starling

Starling

Tufted Duck MVCP

great Crested Grebe Tiddenfoot

Various Pictures from my Garden in Leighton Buzzard, MVCP, Stockgrove, Rushmere, Woburn & Tiddenfoot during May/June 2012. Arn't we lucky to have such great places close to hand.

Sandy Lodge 17th June 2012

Some pictures from Sandy Lodge Sunday 17th June 2012

Red Kite

Red Kite, Southill, 9th June 2012

Turtle Doves in 2011 and 2012

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All the Turtle Dove records submitted to the Beds Bird Club for 2011 are the red squares in the map above. They are disappearing fast with even fewer records so far in 2012 (the blue squares). If you are lucky enough to find one in the county PLEASE send in the record. It is really easy to do - just fill in the form found HERE (or, even better, use BirdTrack).  Also consider supporting Operation Turtle Dove to help save this beautiful species from extinction in the UK.

Garganey.

Garganey at Bev's (DWE)

More images on my blog, http://backinbirdland.blogspot.com/