After yet another successful year on the Odds & Sods thread, initially started I think by Hazy, it might be wise to kickstart the 2023 thread off.
Thank you to those who have contributed to last years thread, and there has been very interesting odds and sods in "Odds & Sods 2022" that aren't enough to place into a dedicated thread, which you can look back on the following link:
https://community.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/f/all-creatures/278729/odds-sods-2022/1417300?pifragment-4285=76#pifragment-4285=1
What better for me, and as yet, I've not ventured far, ewe know what I mean, with this lassie on Baddesley Clinton estate yesterday....
Mike
Flickr: Peak Rambler
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
May be our first sighting of a Greenfinch in our garden. Where the heck did I put the Bird ID book?
I vote Greenfinch ...
Colebrook lake (north), Moor Green Lakes nature reserve, I was photographing a Great Crested Grebe when I saw a splash to my right. Quick swing of camera through 45 degrees, press shutter and hope for the best. Lens was at 600mm, camera set at Program mode; 'cause I'm super lazy.
Oh well, slightly out of focus.
Unfortunately, the one photo I have of the bird with its beak trailing in the water was hopelessly out of focus. My tracking and that of the camera were not up to par.
A few shots from the garden this morning. Boy do I need to get out and about more!
Just for once, I was in the right place at the right time. I knew they boxed, but I've never seen it ...
Cin J