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Colletes succinctus
Anthophora hispanica
Tree Wasp?
Bumble Bee (Bombus hypnorum?) please use the contact us page if you disagree
Bumble Bee (Bombus hortorum?) please use the contact us page if you disagree
Female Greenfinch? please use the contact us page if you disagree
Great Tit
Female Siskin
Male Siskin
Long tailed tit
Wren
Coot’s egg waiting to hatch
Coot on nest
Greylag Geese
Male Tufted Duck
Female Tufted Duck
Little Grebe
Little Grebe
Gadwall Pair
Female Gadwall
Gadwall Drake
Little Grebe. Pete Long 24/04/23
Greylag and Canada Goose. Pete Long 24/04/23
Male Gadwall 24/04/23
Mute Swans
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Male Mallard - 2
Male Mallard - 1
Two Little Grebes on a cold and rainy day.
2nd of two Little Grebes.
Little Grebe catching fish.
And my favorite bird, the Robin
Fieldfare No-2
Fieldfare No-1
Redwing Foraging No-2
Redwing Foraging No-1
Blackbird soaking in the sunshine
And for this week, I'm finishing with my favourite bird, the Robin.
Lots of Gadwalls, Male and Female I counted 15.
Little Grebe
Many Goldfinches on the Reserve this week.
Common Dunnock or Hedge Sparrow
A nice sunny day on the Beckford Reserve with many Waterfowl and Birds.
Moorhen with reflections.
Great Tit basking in the morning sunshine.
Heron in the shallow water
Robin on the border fence
Robin on the border fence
Robin caught in the sunshine
A ruckus on the water ...... a Coot asserts his authority over a Male Tufted Duck.
The Greylag Geese are back
Swan water colour
Grey Heron drawing from Nature Reserve
Drawing from the Nature Reserve
Aerial photo of Beckford and the Nature Reserve, taken around 1990 shortly after all extraction ceased.
Frosty morning in December
View from the new seat
The new seat installed during the working party on Saturday 10th November 2012
Pyramid Orchid
Banded Demoiselle
Southern Hawker
Mint-leaf Beetle
Green-veined Orchid
Primrose wood
Snowdrop on the north bank
Sand Martin returning to its nest - May 2011
December by the lake
Winter fruits
Winter Oaks
Autumn buds
Time for a change
The trees have gone!
Autumn hues
Late Autumn
Late flowering
Summer visitor - female Orthetrum cancellatum Darter Dragonfly
Family meal
Canada Geese
Keep in check
Where's mum
Family outing
Thinking about a mate
Early blossom
Spring by the water
Unusual visitor to a wild area
A lone Iris
A blanket of primroses
Deciding where to enter the water
View south on a frosty morning
Hoar frost in the early morning
Winter scene
Winter scene
Winter scene
Building a new home
Early signs of growth
The first catkins
Mute Swan in the afternoon sunshine
Autumn in the northern woodland area
Mute Swan reflections
Mute Swan
Aeshna mixta Latrielle - Migrant Hawker Dragon Fly
Early Autumn
Female Mallard
Bee Orchid
Sunset over the Reserve
