Jay and Kingfisher

After completing H&S checks I spent two hours in the Pickup Hide at RSPB Fairburn Ings.

A jay was on one of the bird feeders

 

A pleasant lady called Anne joined me in the hide. She is very enthuiastic about wildlife and loves spending time at Rodley Nature reserve in Leeds.

She spotted a male kingfisher sat on the sand martin bank.

It dived into the water and returned with its catch.

After digesting this it dived into the water and caught a fish.

A grey heron arrived and frightened it away.

Meanwhile back at the feeders, a great tit family had arrived.

They had waited until a grey squirrel removed a part of a suet ball from the feeder.

The jay returned and found a piece of the suet ball on the floor and flew off with it.

Blackcaps , chiffchaffs and blackbirds were singing. Swifts were flying overhead and great spotted woddpeckers were also flying about. A very pleasant 2 hours, with excellent company to help forget about the rain. 24 birds on my list for the day.