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| This month's images - January 2021 |
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 Kingfisher, Grasmere Way pond 24 January 2021. |
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 Grey Wagtail in the snow, Grasmere Way pond, 24 January 2021. |
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 Pheasant, All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 23 January 2021. Two Pheasants have been around here for a while. |
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 Close-up of a Pheasant in All Saints churchyard, 23 January 2021. |
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 Black-headed Gull, Bideford Green, 22 January 2021. This bird is starting to get its "black" head for the breeding season. |
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 Starling, Knaves Hill, Linslade, 22 January 2021. This is a male - you can tell by the blue base to its beak. Females have a pink base to the beak. |
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 Moorhens fighting in the canal at Linslade, 21 January 2021. |
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 A Collared Dove in the trees (starting to bud) by the canal at Linslade, 21 January 2021. |
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 Magpie, Alwins Field, 17 January 2021. |
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 The Snowdrops are out in All Saints churchyard, Leighton Buzzard, 16 January 2021. |
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 A female Blackbird has learned how to take seeds from a feeder in our garden, Alwins Field, 14 January 2021. It's hard work for her and it's cold and raining. |
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 A female Blackcap in our garden, Alwins Field, on a rainy Thursday morning, 14 January 2021. Only the adult males have a black cap, females and juvenile birds have a brown one. |
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 A Goldcrest in Linslade Woods, feeding in Ivy, 6 January 2021. The Goldcrest is Britain's smallest bird. |
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 A Red Kite over St Mary's Way, Linslade, 3 January 2021. The Red Kite is one of Britain's biggest birds with a wingspan of nearly two metres (six feet). It is a scavenger, soaring around looking for carrion, and quietly eating lots of worms and beetles on the ground. It was nearly extinct in Britain but has been successfully re-introduced and we now we have several pairs nesting in Bedfordshire. |
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 A Dunnock searching the grass verge, Knaves Hill, Linslade, 2 January 2021. |
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