Great Crested Grebe

Great Crested Grebe

Originally uploaded by Mr_Chips

“A major in Wales challenged him to produce a single case of a great crested grebe attacking young rabbits” From Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop, where William Boot’s sister had playfully substituted the words – ‘great crested grebe’ for ‘badger’ in his weekly nature notes for The Beast newspaper.

Its cold out here

Its cold out here, originally uploaded by Mr_Chips.

It snowed all Thursday but because of work my photography was severely hampered. By the time I managed to get out into the wilderness it had all but gone.

This was what was left by the weekend.
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Birds

Some interesting bird shots on the feeder today.