As I've been wandering and driving around the patch, I couldn't help but notice just how many Rowan trees there are with a lot of berries on them. This is supposed to be a sign of a hard Winter ahead, or maybe just a sign that it's been a good year for Rowan? Either way, there's a lot so I've been keeping an eye on them (ish) and I've seen a few Bullfinches, lots of Blackbirds and of course, I spotted the first Nuthatch on the patch on one the other week.
Yesterday I was driving along the top lane heading for Backwater when I noticed large flocks of birds flitting over the tops of all the trees there, had to be Fieldfares and Redwing
They were, a LOT of them but keeping their distance except for ...
Just after 9 o'clock yesterday, I managed to get a few shots of one of them, a Fieldfare.
It sat very nicely, watching its buddies disappearing down the lane while I snuck open the car door and leant out, click, there goes the neck again!
Maybe I need a pope-mobile type car
I like to try to keep some context in some shots, so that one is hardly cropped at all, to show the distance for the lens.
So I set off for the reservoir, had a great walk, not a lot of bird photo opportunities but a beautiful, blue sky, freezing walk
More to follow
A nice set of photo's Scozmos.
Well captured Scozmos. The last one is my fave out of these ...
Ooh, lovely; have't seen any winter thrushes yet so thanks for sharing yours ! very nice photos.
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Regards, Hazel