AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
JACKDAW SEARCHING FOR TICKS
Jackdaws in Richmond Park have learned that ticks living on red deer make tasty, nutritious snacks. This one was flying in to help itself, then taking fright as the stag bellows. The resulting picture looks rather as if they might be conversing.
F/8, 1/1,000 second, ISO 400
Accepted: Smethwick 2021
