Winter setting in

Week 46; 17 November 2017 - JPR

We haven't managed to photograph our Harrier friend for sometime (although they are about) - perhaps it's because the Greater Spotted Eagles seem to have center stage

Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga) portrait

On the drive, a Western Great Egret dropped in to forage next to the road

Western Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Whilst in the wooded area a male Eurasian Sparrowhawk with quite a bulging crop flew out from the trees

Male Eurasian Sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus)

A Tree Pipit was feeding near the roadside

Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis)

A Mauryan Grey Shrike also posed obligingly in the soft morning light

Mauryan Grey Shrike (Lanius lahtora pallidirostris)

Again one of those morning's where we watched and counted birds, more than taking images