Out on a Limb.

This unusual side branch growing through the trunk of its neighbour took my attention as I returned from a stroll around the extremities of my local patch at Bampton, it was good to see Skylark,Yellowhammer,Linnet,Red Kite,Green Woodpecker and good numbers of Butterflies including Small Tortoiseshell,Peacock,Brimstone,Large White and Orange Tip.
Little Egret showed well on a trip to pit 60 along with Common Sandpiper, Oyster Catcher and Gadwall. Further south between Challow Station and Sparsholt Chiffchaff and Whitethroat were much in evidence. The rising temperature has given everything including me a feel good factor, but I fear it will not last -the good weather that is. The Oxon Feather.

 Yellowhammer

 Gadwall

 Also at Pit 60 Goosander

 It takes more than one to make a Summer

 Rainbow necked Stock Dove in my garden

 Little Egret sporting a pretty fancy hair style

 Far distant Common Sandpiper and Oyster Catcher

 Distant Linnet one of about a dozen

Plastic Love.

A pair of plastic geese have paired up in a field by pit 60 and there were lots of swallows coming through a couple of days ago also a very nice male goosander and some gadwall . Today 18th linnets and a pair of kestrels were busy in the bright  hot sunshine . The Oxon Feather.

 Oyster Catchers Pit 60

 Gadwall

 Goosander.

Spring is in the Air.

After the heavy recent rains it's so good to feel that the year is turning and we can look forward to the breeding season for our Oxon wildlife. Thought I'd post a few snaps of Butterflies to remind us of the joys that await us and some moths also.
The Oxon Feather.