I seem to be getting more & more photographs of local birds so thought I'd share a few. Let's start off with a flock of Waxwings from a few weeks back (first ones I've seen).
They usually go up to roost at night so good captures with blue sky, they must have felt weary:-) They do look funny being a pretty hefty bird perched up there.
Here's a couple of skylarks that were -as usual- at dizzying eights when photographed.
A few pictures from over the Bank Holiday weekend after a visit to Washington Wildfowl Park.
You'll have to excuse the centre photograph in the last image as I quickly Photoshopped it so my 8 year old daughter could show her friends!!
(However the Shelduck was *actually* standing like that).
out of focus, how are you focussing
Unknown said: out of focus, how are you focussing
Massively cropped.
Great Tit.
The Great Tits are lovely but the Red Kites are beautiful Michael, well caught.
Unknown said:The Red Kite is heralded as one of Britain's rarest and most spectacular birds.
Michael, I'm not sure I would agree that Red Kites are one of Britain's rarest birds. Since reintroduction in many locations they can be quite common but sometimes localised and slow to spread. I live in the Thames Valley not far from the Chiltern's reintroduction and they are absolutely everywhere. In fact I regard them almost as garden birds flying over my house on a daily basis. However, I would agree that they are one of Britain's most spectacular birds and I don't tire of seeing them with their wonderful aeronautical skills..
Nice shots and I hope you see many more of them as they seem to be thriving in most places except where persecution still exists.
My bad I should have included the source:
http://www.friendsofredkites.org.uk