C.Rayz's photos with the keyword: Bird

Male with big juicy caterpillar or slug maybe. We were walking along a hedged path in Hastings Country Park NR and we hear this noise close by, sounded like a bird of sorts but also a bit like a house alarm, it just was so constant and consistant. As we moved forward there just above the path was a large hole in a old dead tree and the noise coming from it. We soon noticed both parents winding around the trees near by gathering food for the young in the hole. I so badly wanted 'the' shot of one of them feeding, but they just weren't having it. The male here, sat nicely for photos about 5ft away from the nest, but refushed to go feed with us there. We only stayed a few minutes as not to disturb them too badly and it was obvious this wasn't his first rodeo, as we say in the states...lol Gorgeous birds, so we took a few snaps because normally they are so far up in the trees its hard to get a nice shot.

We had thought about going to Rye Harbour NR today but by the time we got up and around it was a bit late, so headed down to Combe Haven Countryside park, which floods in the winter usually, let alone now that we've had so much rain. We saw loads of lovely birds but this was by far the star of the show for me. Black Swan in the wild!

While we were there this Parent did a quick flyby to make sure the young were ok.

Another bird that just doesn't belong in trees, we were lucky enough to be with Chris Bently one of the Wardens at Rye Harbour NR, and got a rare view from the back end of the Comorants nests.