I went back to Warnham Local Nature Reserve again today, and this time I met Mrs Kingfisher! 👑🎣🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

First time out in 6 weeks (bike crash, broken ribs & collarbone on 4th July). Here's an action pic of a male kingfisher, as Warnham Local Nature Reserve this morning. 👑🎣🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

Birds don't get much more #multicolor than the Kea, New Zealand's mischievous alpine parrot! #birdoftheday 🦜🐦🙂

Here's a statuesque male greenfinch perched on my garden fence yesterday evening. He stayed there for ten minutes, calling, maybe juveniles are around? In other news, I'm unable to get out at the moment due to a broken collarbone, normal service will resume in a few weeks. #birds #birdphotography

Here's a lovely juvenile blackbird, drying itself off after a bath at Warburg Nature Reserve yesterday. Such a different colour-scheme compared to either male or female adult bird! 🐦‍⬛🙂🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a lovely little spotted flycatcher I met at Warburg Nature Reserve yesterday morning. It's been so hot and dry recently, everyone was coming down to visit the pond. 🙂🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Keeping with my seasonal theme of fledglings, here's an absolutely stunning juvenile robin! 🐦😍. Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) yesterday morning. #birds #birdphotography

How adorable is this little fledgling bullfinch!!! 😍🐂🐦🪶. From my session at Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) this morning. #birds #birdphotography

... and here's one of the recently fledged kestrels in portrait, at South Norwood Country Park yesterday morning. 🦅🪶😍 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a fledgling kestrel, chasing a butterfly at South Norwood Country Park yesterday 🦅🦋😆🪶. The resident kestrel pair seem to have four fledgling this season! #birds #birdphotography

Here's one of the fledgling kestrels at South Norwood Country Park, dismantling an unfortunate house sparrow it'd been given by its father a minute previously. 🦅🐦💀🍽️😬 #birds #birdphotography

The kestrel family in South Norwood Country Park is starting to fledge this week. They're raised at least four chicks this year (maybe more), and they're looking great for first flights any moment now. 🦅🦅🦅🦅🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here're some close-ups of Mrs & Mr green-winged teal, at Thursley Common last weekend. 💚🪽🦆🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here're Mr & Mrs green-winged teal, with this year's teal-lings, at Thursley Common last weekend. 🦆🐤🐤🐤🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a female great-spotted woodpecker bringing back a beakful of food for her chicks at Thursley Common last weekend. 🪵🐦‍⬛🪶 #birds #birdphotography

How beautiful is this treecreeper I met at Warburg Nature Reserve! These little birds are so well adapted to their environment, if they want to disappear all they have to do is stop moving 🥷🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a juvenile stonechat bothering its father for food, at Thursley Common on Saturday! 🐦🪶. There were several recent fledglings flitting around the common, great to see them doing well there. #birds #birdphotography

Here's a stunning little bird that's a new one for me: spotted flycatcher! I met this bird at Thursley Common this morning 🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

I'm prety amazed by the OM-1's sensor, these pics were taken at 1/8000s with the electronic shutter, and froze the wings of this four-spotted chaser perfectly! 🐉🪰😮 #insects #insectphotography

How gorgeous is this fledgling stonechat!! 😍🐦🪶. At Thursley Common yesterday. #birds #birdphotography

Here're a pair of blackcaps (male/female) in nearly the same pose on the same log prior to bathing, at Warburg Nature Reserve last weekend 🐦❤️🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

There are a lot of young rabbits around at the moment, here's one I met at Unstead last weekend! 🐇🙂 #rabbits #wildlifephotography

Here're a pair of barn swallows collecting mud at Unstead last weekend. 🐦❤️🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

The trials of parenthood. This blue tit at Warburg Nature Reserve is looking a bit scruffy because it's spending all day every day fetching food for the chicks, no time to preen! 🐦❤️ #birds #birdphotography

Here's a little muntjac deer, briefly paused mid-cleaning at Warburg Nature Reserve last week. This one seems to be resident, regularly appearing at the hide. 🦌❤️

Here's one of the resident curlew at Thursley Common last week. There're a pair setting up camp near Pudmore Pond. 🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

It's always lovely to see peregrine falcons soaring along the cliffs! (southern England, this morning). 🦅🪶😍 #birds #birdphotography

Splooshy birds 2 of 2. Here're a marsh tit, a male siskin, a female blackcap, and a chiffchaff bathing at Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) yesterday. 🐦🐦🐦🐦🪶😀 #birds #birdphotography

Splooshy birds 1 of 2. Here're a coal tit, male blackcap, blue tit, and garden warbler, all bathing at Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) yesterday. 🐦🐦🐦🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Spring's red kite, along Upload Road, Woldingham this morning. 🦅🙂 #birds #birdphotography