Martyn Pitt

Managed to see a fledgling Cuckoo this morning, being fed by a couple of Reed Warblers ... it was calling for food constantly, I should think that the Reed Warblers were struggling to keep up with the demand Here it is demanding food You can see one of the Reed Warblers almost in the Cuckoo's mouth in this shot

Steve what do you mean ... too far away ... WoodButcher posted a shot of the Sun and that's bloody miles away

A male Black Tailed Skimmer

This is an Emperor Dragonfly a little farther away than I would have liked but them's the breaks, which gave me quite a challenge to actually get a shot of it in flight

As the warm weather appears so do the Dragons ... A female Ruddy Darter takes a rest

I have known Paul over 20 years, shared a dance floor with him many a time, great guy, I was shocked to hear the sad news. Deepest sympathy and condolences to the lovely Carole RIP Paul Martyn & Carol xxx

A Black Necked Grebe paid us a visit, a stunning little bird ]

The largest member of the Gull family is the Greater Black Back, an enormous bird, this is a youngster, a 2nd summer bird

A Coot feeding it's couple of days old chick Bless the little cute thing ... a face only a mother could love

It does indeed Mark... no way are the trousers baggy enough

I thought this made a rather calming image

Reed Warblers have been active, collecting nesting material

A Common Tern with a snack .... there were that many small fish in the reservoir feeder stream where they were catching these, I could have dived in and caught one in my mouth

Here you are Dave a Grasshopper Warbler (from 2011) ... it was great to watch it singing, it's whole body trembled when it warbled its mechanical sounding call.

Yes Dave ... we get the odd one or two at the reserve, one of the scarcer visitors though, I got some cracking shots of one a couple of years back, I will stick it up if I can find it

New in from Africa ... also in pretty good voice, a Reed Warbler

Not personally Steve ... there has been a couple of sightings at Belvide last week, I thought I saw one yesterday in flight, but it was only a fleeting glimpse at distance, and the little bugger had disappeared before I could get on it with the bins ... mainly because I had a sandwich in my one hand . I am either eating, or Carol rings me just when something decent turns up

A Goldcrest on the pull ... singing it's little heart out

It would have been bought in the mid seventies Pete, certainly not a recent (after 1992) purchase. I shall have to dig it out and have a closer look.

It is spelt Lenny on the one I have from the mid seventies, obvious boot though from the quality, or lack of, in the printing of the label.

"Lenny Curtis - Nothing can help you now" booted in the mid seventies, never had the pace or exposure at the time, wouldn't have thought it sold many copies back then. In fact I have seen more real ones than boots ... I have even seen a boot of it coloured in (by hand) to make it look like a real one

Dave it's probably waiting for you to wire up a couple more monitors so that it can open it all in one go As Russell said it is best to resize images before posting them on the net or emailing them, as they can be huge when they come off a digital camera these days, I always re-size mine to 1000 pixels on the longest edge and aim for 200 - 300kb, that way they are more manageable

A few from the weekend Mallard female Canada Goose Female Black Swan (which we think is flightless and was released at the reservoir)

Lost for words ... shocked to read this sad news, always had a chat and a laugh with Joe whenever I saw him out and about, lovely guy ... My thoughts and condolences to his family and close friends. RIP Joe Martyn

We saw swifts today over the reservoir, pretty high up though ... either that or I was looking through my bins the wrong way