Thursday 21 June 2018

Hobby at Llandilo

A sub-adult hobby spent about 15 minutes hunting over woodland at Llandilo this afternoon. Although the swallows were agitated, it seemed to be targeting insects of some sort, which had maybe been caught in updrafts in the brisk northerly breeze. It seemed to be hanging around, so I dug out a camera, and took about ten minutes worth of photographs of the bit of sky where it had been a couple of milliseconds ago! .. until it eventually stayed in the frame.


Beneath the canopy, a pair of spotted flycatchers were engaged in aerial maneuvers that were just as impressive, as they fed their brood of three in a nest just above the window. Luckily, in between chases for insects, they also perch for long enough to take a picture.