Bird Lover

A  visit to Fountains Abbey on a day off to admire the ruins.  There were  plenty of Nuthatches, and Jackdaws, and I could hear a Grey Wagtail, but the wildlife camera was left at home...   The Cellarium   Ditto   Taken from an outside window   Exterior of cellarium   Galilee Porch and Tower [behind]   Front of Church   Huby's Tower from inside the church   Ditto   Huby's Tower from top of Dormitory steps   Huby's Tower from East   Marmaduke Huby's Emblem   Three Doors leading into Chapter House   Chapel of Nine Altars   Guest Houses   Muniment Room   Vaulted Passage   Mill   Mill   Millstone - only 300 years old   Ring used as a seal   Fountains Abbey Tile   Adjacent Private House   Fountains Hall   Extravagant Wooden Carving over Fireplace - Fountains Hall   Late-Elizabethan Chest

Against convention I'm going to start with Friday's session, as both morning AND(!) afternoon sessions had close encounters with a very charismatic and confiding pair of Bearded Tits.  In the morning it was a male and female.  In the afternoon it was a same-sex couple.  The afternoon was exceptional, as most of our sightings of these birds have been well before lunch, but the two males were near the new screen well after 3pm. The  sole reason for this behaviour was put down to the presence of 3 newcomers, so thanks Ian, Daniel & Lucy, you may come again! All uncredited photos are my own Bearded Tit - male Ditto    Ditto   Female   Ditto   Ditto   Back to the Male Moustachioed Reedling!   Ditto   Ditto    Ditto   Ditto   Ditto   Ditto The morning Bearded tits were all taken from Reedy Hide, whilst the afternoon Beardies were taken at the new screen. All the af...