Time to start this year's thread of odds and sods (Last year's Odds & Sods HERE)
Today a large flock of 40 or so Redwings descended on the fields around our local parkland and although they were pretty skittish and distant I hard cropped a few pics for you ....
and a blue tit landed nearby !
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Regards, Hazel
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Pete
Birding is for everyone no matter how good or bad we are at it,enjoy it while you can
A couple from the garden
And from a walk along the river. Lovely out there at the moment
Nice photos Hazel and the sun made an appearance for you as well.
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
Not a lot to add, apart from our regular visiting collared doves.
This one had put a few wood pigeon noses out of joint, it was in the seed tray for a good long time, and the woopies will not challenge the collared doves after a skirmish earlier this year, and the CD's took control.
Keeping up to scratch...
What's the human doing?
Might be time to make a sharp exit....
What was that noise?
As some workmen across the road started up their machinery to continue footpath replacement works
Off it goes....
Wendy S said:Love those Collared Dove photos. They were the first bird I ever went on a twitch for back in 1960 when they were super rare in the UK, It wasn't called twitching then and I cannot remember how we heard of this rare bird before bird lines and social media.
I just love how they appear so affectionate to each other and the way they keep the wood pigeons in check, without any argy bargy...
Things have been a bit busy here of late, PR jnr has decided it is time we went down to see him, we agree, so it looks like my mid-Sept trip to Conwy is on hold for a couple of weeks.
With the weather being so, dull (at times I felt a torch may be required when outside during the daytime), but yesterday, there was a weather break, the sun was out, the birds were out, and I managed to capture this wee robin with the new lens....
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