What have you seen

Polecat in Cumbria, took me by surprise so pic slightly out of focus

Hope you don't mind dropped it in to see it better.  Great to see wildlife when you're not expecting to see it - thanks for sharing

Have been watching the sky for the perseids and have seen 3 - plus a large hedgehog crossing the lawn. Feel quite chuffed.

Dipper in the High Cup Nick beck

Got some cracking photos of a (male?) sparrow hawk sat in our garden yesterday. He was perched on the trellis fence for about 30 minutes so loads of time to photograph him. We have lots of sparrows in the garden so he was, perhaps, just waiting patiently for his tea!

When I can find how to reduce the picture file size to under 500kb I'll add a photo.

Let's see if this photo is small enough.

Disturbed two adult and a juvenile swallow that were roosting in one of the outhouses when I went to feed the quails this morning.

Returned yesterday from a trip to Suffolk to visit Minsmere, which was rather disappointing as it appears to be the wrong time of year. The reeds were high and the birds were mainly very distant from most of the hides. However the campsite did have a resident mainly white Blackbird which did not seem to be bothered by the other birds.

The second stop was at Rutland Water for some exercise and birdwatching along the way. Also a session at the Trout Farm that leaves one pond available for Osprey to fish. Again we picked the wrong time of the year as most had flown off to warmer climes with only a few birds left in the area. The night session that I chose happened to be overcast and fairly late when the dominant male bird in the area arrived for supper. 

Great pics Blue.  I find early mornings the best time to visit Minsmere.  Give it another month or so and it will be all change.

Thanks OP

The manager of the site tells me that as the youngsters have left early this year and that it is to late to expect much now this year but the best time is when the young are in need of feeding, may to july. bookings are available from 1st October.

I am finding that any time there is a distracting background that the 5D Mk4 will not focus very well. Hoping to find a setting that eliminates this but not found it yet.

Early morning is not my best time these days unfortunately.