The recent snow does not help the Jay to find it’s hidden acorns. Acorns are the main food for them in the winter months. They are very active in the Autumn, each collecting and caching up to 2000 of them ! Forgotten ones may germinate and this is beneficial for the spread of our Oak Trees. Jays are our most colourful member of the crow family, and are great to photograph.
They are very widespread, ranging south into North Africa and well into Asia to the east.
The Latin name “glandarius” means ‘Of Acorns’
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Soaking wet from the early morning dew (myself and the hare) While I was lying very still this hare came over to eye me up.
It was a special moment.
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It was so nice to see recently fledged Wheatears last week up in the hills of North Wales. Surprisingly quick and agile flyers already too. There was a mad scramble for food every time a parent bird appeared nearby. They also used their speed of thought and survival skills to good effect by diving into cover, lightening quick, when a Sparrowhawk suddenly appeared. Lovely to see them catching their own insects and grubs and being so worldly wise - I have high hopes for them to survive and to be ready to migrate to Africa in just a few short weeks. Maybe they will be back next Spring as adult birds and have their own brood of chicks !
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“Butter wouldn’t melt” but the blood on it’s beak tells the real story. With ruthless efficiency the mouse was caught, killed and eaten in just two minutes. Small mammals, especially field voles are the kestrels main diet, but they eat small birds and even insects and worms too.
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Having grabbed the mouse and a plant stem together, the young kestrel is stuck fast. It is trying to work out how to release it’s talons (without releasing the mouse) so that it can fly away with it’s prey.
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