Wildlife and Steam Train Photos - More Rother Valley photos 1

More wildlife and bird photos from the Rother Valley Country Park and surrounding area.

New photographs added in 2010

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Snow, berries and a Fieldfare

Snow, berries and a Fieldfare

Same Fieldfare a few seconds earlier.

Same Fieldfare a few seconds earlier.

Fieldfare at the exact point of take off

Fieldfare at the exact point of take off

Female Bullfinch

Female Bullfinch

Male Bullfinch

Male Bullfinch

Grebe with a fish on the main lake.

Grebe with a fish on the main lake.

Heron

Heron

Greylag landing

Greylag landing

Young swans

Young swans

Vandal swan

Vandal swan

Coot and nest with one egg.

Coot and nest with one egg.

Kestrel

Kestrel

Cormorant

Cormorant

Swan landing.

Swan landing.

Shelduck is away

Shelduck is away

Canada goose flying into a rainbow.

Canada goose flying into a rainbow.

Greylag landing

Greylag landing

Greylag taking off

Greylag taking off

Greylag showing off

Greylag showing off

Mallard landing

Mallard landing

Goldeneye

Goldeneye

Goldeneye - male

Goldeneye - male

A pair of Goldeneye

A pair of Goldeneye

Greylags

Greylags

Barhead goose in evening light

Barhead goose in evening light

Barheaded goose

Barheaded goose

Hybrid goose

Hybrid goose

Female goldeneye

Female goldeneye

Male swan going for a female

Male swan going for a female

Male swan coming down for a female.

Male swan coming down for a female.

Oystercatcher preening

Oystercatcher preening

Goosander female

Goosander female

Widgeon taking off

Widgeon taking off

Another Goldeneye fleeing from me.

Another Goldeneye fleeing from me.

Magpie

Magpie

Swan landing

Swan landing

Goosander taking off

Goosander taking off

Carrion Crow eating a fish

Carrion Crow eating a fish

2 species of geese in unison

2 species of geese in unison

Widgeon braking to land.

Widgeon braking to land.

Goldeneye female

Goldeneye female

Goldeneye with his eye on me.

Goldeneye with his eye on me.

Goosander rearing

Goosander rearing

Goldeneye spooked.

Goldeneye spooked.

Robin with the first buds on the trees

Robin with the first buds on the trees

Swan having a good clean.

Swan having a good clean.

A pair of Gadwall on ice

A pair of Gadwall on ice

Goosander climbing onto the ice

Goosander climbing onto the ice

Wigeon fleeing

Wigeon fleeing

Gadwalls walking on ice

Gadwalls walking on ice

Gadwalls flying 3

Gadwalls flying 3

Gadwalls flying 2

Gadwalls flying 2

gadwalls flying 1

gadwalls flying 1

Gadwall landing on ice

Gadwall landing on ice

Shelduck chased by a gull 2

Shelduck chased by a gull 2

Shelduck harassed by blackheaded gulls 1

Shelduck harassed by blackheaded gulls 1

Coot skating

Coot skating

Coot on ice

Coot on ice

Shelduck on ice

Shelduck on ice

Signet

Signet

Swans fighting on the Rother Valley

Swans fighting on the Rother Valley

Shelduck landing.

Shelduck landing.

Robin

Robin

Feral Pigeons flying past

Feral Pigeons flying past

Canada geese landing

Canada geese landing

Greenfinch

Greenfinch

Goosander (female) with an eel.

Goosander (female) with an eel.

Robin portrait

Robin portrait

Blue Tit

Blue Tit

Golden Eye

Golden Eye

Golden Eye

Golden Eye

Pochards

Pochards

Blue Tit

Blue Tit

Chaffinch in golden light

Chaffinch in golden light

Blue tit

Blue tit

Blue Tit in the evening sunshine.

Blue Tit in the evening sunshine.

Robin in the evening sunshine.

Robin in the evening sunshine.

Swan bathed in the winter sun

Swan bathed in the winter sun

Widgeon

Widgeon

Male Goosanders

Male Goosanders

Female Gooseander fishing on the North Lake

Female Gooseander fishing on the North Lake

Swan being aggresive on the Rother Valley

Swan being aggresive on the Rother Valley

Black Headed Gull

Black Headed Gull

Jackdaw

Jackdaw

Thrush

Thrush

Hybrid ducklings running

Hybrid ducklings running

The hybrid family

The hybrid family

Mallard ducklings

Mallard ducklings

Mallard Chicks

Mallard Chicks

Canada and chicks

Canada and chicks

Shelduck

Shelduck

Canada Goose Chicks

Canada Goose Chicks

Greylag chicks sorting out a pecking order

Greylag chicks sorting out a pecking order

Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Moorhen and 2 chicks

Moorhen and 2 chicks

Great Crested Grebe on nest

Great Crested Grebe on nest

Moorhen being nasty

Moorhen being nasty

Moorhen feeding one of 2

Moorhen feeding one of 2

Moorhen and Chick - main lake

Moorhen and Chick - main lake