Fish-flushing falco

Quick 'n' messy pic of a first-summer Hobby at Minsmere- fish fry were jumping for their lives each time the H swooped in to take 4-Spot Chasers low over the water.

Hobby from Bittern Hide Minsmere

When there was no green

Little Grebe at Island Mere in May.   July just isn't my time, what with everything parched and stripes of lurid green overall.  So this afternoon I grabbed an old canvas and finished these from Minsmere, when the sky was blue, but all was still sepia and sienna.