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Birds, wildlife & landscapes of

Northern Europe, including Iceland

Common Tern defending its territory

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Six-spot Burnet Moth on Field Scabious

Gadwall

Winter storm at Rhosneigr, Anglesey

Sand Martins

Red Grouse

Whooper Swans on the Menai Straits near Beaumaris, Anglesey

Young Red Squirrel, Newborough Forest, Anglesey.

Red Squirrels have been reintroduced to the island (and the Grey Squirrels eradicated) in a project to provide a safe breeding environment for the Reds. The project has been a huge success with Red Squirrels breeding in all parts of the island, and even recolonising adjacent parts of the mainland.

Oystercatchers at high tide roost, Lafan Sands, Gwynedd

Whitethroat fledglings

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Evening light, Cefni Estuary, Malltraeth

Barn Owl

Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly

Caernarfon Harbour

Great Grey Owl

Red Throated Diver

Chough at South Stack Cliffs, Anglesey

Pintail Ducks in evening light, Malltraeth

Great Northern Diver, Iceland

Brown Hare

Short-eared Owl, Aberffraw, Anglesey

Kingfisher (f), Spinnies, Gwynedd

Puffin

Dipper, Gwynedd

Norfolk Hawker Dragonfly

Pine Marten, Speyside, Scotland

Grey Seal, Menai Straits, Anglesey

Black Tailed Godwit, Iceland

Jackdaw clearing Red Deer of ticks and insects, Richmond Park, London. Oxpeckers do the same job on large mammals on the plains of East Africa.

Little Owl, Anglesey

Llanddwyn Island off the coast of Anglesey, showing the disused lighthouse (Twr Mawr) and the cross commemorating Santes Dwynwen, the Welsh patron saint of lovers

Curlew, Isle of Mull, Scotland

Short-eared Owl, Aberffraw

Kestrel attacking Short-eared Owl, Aberffraw.

During the winter of 2019/20 Aberffraw Dunes saw a large influx of Short-eared Owls. Resident raptors such as this Kestrel did not appreciate having their food source pilfered by the Owls and were often seen attacking them.