Merlin year ender

always hope to find one of those tame ones but never seems to happen in Britain -- on my old stamping ground of the grues --

Short-eared Owl habo

fence posts are OK but they look better in their preferred medium 

Grey Heron fly by

you need to see the eye or so conventional wisdom has it -- 

1cy Common Gull variation

wintering Avocets on the Humber

zoom differences --

foggy Wolds

Boxing day in the garden

not had many Blackcaps in the garden in winter ever, possibly just 3-4 so a bonus bird

Short-eared owls

appears to be a fair few voles in the area as I saw a couple of birds stashing them rather than eating any -- hopefully bodes well 

a tranquil December morning

Short-eared Owl afternoon

after dispensing with family duties, not bad as it was lots of nice food and coffee, the sun broke through so had a quick bash at the Short-eared Owls -- first decent afternoon with the 5D4 and 400 DO2 --