The last couple of weekends have been spent either side of the Morava river, where quite a range of beasties are making their homes.
Roe deer are very cautious, but at least they’re big enough to photograph without too much difficulty:
Other beauties much smaller than that:
Hunting them are the lesser spotted:
and green woodpeckers:
This nuthatch posed a couple of metres from me and started singing away:
The yellowhammer was also quite co-operative:
Not so easy to photograph, but nice to have seen, the reed bunting:
Kestrels are easy to spot, but a bit too quick for easy snapping:
Moving up a notch, pheasants stalk the meadows and reeds:
Marchegg in Austria is home not only to the showy stork colony, but also a neighbouring village of grey herons. They’re normally hidden by leaves, but now, when the storks are just starting to arrive, they take centre stage. Fun party game: see how many nests you can spot: 
The nests themselves hardly compare with those of the storks, but they seem to do the job:
Turning to our stars, he’s contributed some very big sticks:
While she arranged the soft lining:
Awww…. And if one looks down, they’ve also provided a block of flats for the sparrows.
Your nuthatch is particularly nice.