hard shelled egg

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica in flight, seen from below, with a small insect in its beak

Barn swallow Hirundo rustica viewed from above with small insect in its beak

Male bullfinch in breeding plumage on flowering cherry

Wigeon Mareca penelope pair on a muddy shore, male on land and female in the water

Willow tit Poecile montanus perched on a lichen covered branch

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes by its round nest in a woodland scene with ivy leaves and a suggestion of greenery behind

Wren Troglodytes troglodytes perched on a branch cut to whtie

Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella perched on a twig

Takahe Porphyrio hochstetteri with one foot raised sjowing amazing colourful plumage

Tawny Owlets Strix aluco sitting clustered together on a branch covered in grey down feathers

Teal Anas crecca showing elaborate beautiful plumage

Thrush Turdus philomelos nesting in a garden shed amongst gardeing gloves, string, and flower pots

Thrush Turdus philomelos amongst grass and meadow flowers, cut to white

Tree sparrow Passer montanus male on a branch

Treecreeper Certhia familiaris on a tree turnk, almost camofauged on the bark

Tufted duck pair Aythya fuligula looking in different directions

Water rail Rallus aquaticus with pond and vegetation, stalking behind a tuft of grass

Water rail Rallus aquaticus behind a stone and some grass

White winged Duck Asarcornis scutulata peeping out from a grove of bamboo

Snipe Gallinago gallinago looking over its shoulder

Ring ouzel Turdus torquatus perched on a branch looking surly

Snipe Gallinago gallinago on the ground, cut to white

Robin Erithacus rubecula with a worm in its beak returning to an open fronted nest box attached to the trunk of a tree with a blue sky behind

Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus perched on top of a post with moss at its feet