Not sure how long my luck will hold out but throughout the month I had countless encounters with the local otters,foxes,kingfishers and some visiting waxwings!
1/Foxes in the snow
2/Through the branches
3/Keeping watch
4/Kingfishers have been a lot more approachable the last month with the colder weather
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6/This Kingfisher was making use of a friend on the river
7/2 Seperate Otter families are on the local river with 1 young cub seeming to have been kicked out by the mother in 1 of the families,hopefully it survives,in the meantime the Kingfishers like to follow the Otters around picking off any small fish which try to flee while they are in a hunting frenzy
9/Running along the wall next to the river
10/A more natural look
11/Waxwings arrived at the start of the month but not in the hoped for big numbers
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14/Our young cub on his own,feeding and hunting quite well but its gonna be tough for him to make it through winter on his own
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16/Otter cub enjoying a roll in the snow
Thanks for looking
Ross
