Nuthatch [Sitta europaea]

Thanks to everyone who said about my meal. Yes, I had a pleasant time with both my offsprings, Yahna and Callum. Indian meals are the best, and even better was, it had a vegetarian diet, thats me. It was my birthday, yes one more year has passed.......................

Ringed Plover [Charadrius hiaticula]

My two kids are taking me out to eat, at an Indian restaurant, so I won't be able to answer your comments for about 10 hours, thanks.

And then................................

there was the Mandarin Duck, male

Cuban Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna arborea)

Magic bag time

Barn Swallow [Hirundo rustica]

Conservation status: Amber

Swallows are small birds with dark, glossy-blue backs, red throats, pale underparts and long tail streamers. They are extremely agile in flight and spend most of their time on the wing. They are widespread breeding birds in the Northern Hemisphere, migrating south in winter.

Swallow numbers in the UK have fluctuated over the last 30 years with pronounced regional variation in trends. The species is amber listed due to population declines across Europe. [RSPB]