Buzzard food.

Thursday night I took a quick snap of the sunset.

Friday I had a run out in the morning to try for some Willow Warbler photos and to check on some of the flowers. First thing I picked up was an Otter so I headed for the shore to get a bit closer. Halfway down to the shore I put up a Short-eared Owl.

The owl landed on the seaweed covered rocks so I got out of sight as quick as possible. The Otter never came close enough for a decent shot...

..and the owl headed back to the shore to roost a couple of hundred yards away from me.

The plants I checked on are coming along nicely but no flowers on the Butterwort yet. Wood Sorrel looked good...

...the Primroses are abundant...

...and there are lots of Dog Violet too.

I managed to catch up with a couple of close Willow Warblers but I never got any decent shots until I got back to the car and one landed in a bush right next to me!

Saturday we had the usual suspects but it was nice to see a few more Wheatears about.

You always see the Common Buzzards hunting whether it's hovering above the grass or staring at the ground from a post and more often than not they will catch a vole but on Saturday we saw a couple of different prey items. First off we saw a Buzzard with some grass dangling from it's talons and we were able to follow this bird until it landed to have it's meal...a Frog.

The next one I wasn't so lucky but I did get a shot of the bird as it headed off with a Slow Worm!

The varied diet is one of the reasons these birds are so successful but it's not often you get see these events.