Spots 'n stripes

Recent pictures seem to be stripey .......

Sparrowhawk
Sedge warbler
Wren
or, the 'star' of the show - spotty.

Spotted crake at Greylake RSPB reserve.
The crake was a tricky one to snap, not just because of the reeds and the backlighting, but because (like my efforts at photographing brambling) the head just never seems quite sharp.

As always better quality, and a few more, pictures

in the 'latest pictures' web album HERE