The Dunnock is normally a quiet bird often seen moving about the undergrowth. This all changes at this time during the breeding season. You will hear a beautiful melodic variable song, This makes you think there must be a different unusual bird about, which eventually when you see the bird it is a surprise. Most of the year you barely hear the Dunnock at all. The male and female looks the same. This one below was observed in the middle of a bramble bush singing away. The bird has what can be described as an interesting life style. Males will pair with a number of females and look after several nests/broods. Females may also have a relationship with several males.
The Lesser Celandine below is a very common sight at this time. A common flower, but it makes an interesting image in the right pose and light.
A lucky break for me was the sight of this male Brimstone butterfly on the wing. That is the first time this year I have seen this species. It didn't pitch at all. It suddenly appeared so close in front of me and I was using a 600mm equivalent lens and just had to point the camera in its general direction.
A common sight at some of the local reserves I visit is the Mediterranean Gull. Very easily identified (even for me) with the black ring around the middle of the beak and the white ring around the eye. There is one little island at Lodmoor Reserve where they nest in a colony.
A female Blackbird searching for food around a patch of low ivy covered trees.
