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 Over the past two months or so i ‘ve spent more than a few days down on the Wentlooge levels , mostly looking at short eared owls , i have some nice stuff of them in flight over the marshes. but for all that i think it was too easy to forget that the place itself is interesting.
The other bird life and the people who fish along the shore.the Guy below would follow the tide out to his nets , following the channels in the mud. – not something i’d like to do.

 I was also surprised by the amount of small waders present , flocking back and fore at high tide.

Sitting in the Warm sun and freezing in the cold wind, i”m looking forward to spring , some of the birds in the garden are starting to show their breeding colours , the Goldfinches and Chaffinches looking good in particular.
You can tell the breeding season is just around the corner , in the way each species is becoming less tolerant of each other around the feeding area.
So all my nest boxes are up – just waiting to see what turns up !

The day started overcast but warmed up a bit in the afternoon , i think the start of the mating season has helped getting closer to the hares.

Out this morning in the cold again in the Raglan area, although cold it was a nice sunny day, but with a biting breeze.
i counted 22 Buzzards through the bin’s circling in different places , with a pair over head having a bit of an argument

the stubble fields held a few Hares and one was decent enough to run parallel with me , unlike most that run directly away, with just the sight of their rear end disappearing over the horizon.

Ice was present all day and never really thawed completely , towards late afternoon the reflected light was amazing through the iced grass.

Robins 
i was bored , so i thought i would have another go at some in flight shots.
sitting in slush is not the most comfortable of pastimes, and after discarding 90% of the images i’d taken, today was not looking like the best of days, due to the lack of light i was using iso 1600 , i had hoped the snow would help reflect some light – dream on – they were never going to be super sharp but what the hell !!

the chaffinch shots would have been superb – if they were in focus .
if i could just get a nice cheesy grin to camera it would be a nice shot!!

a few of the resident long tails came in for grub, this one had a lump of peanut in one claw , and  ate it hanging on with the other.