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Some pictures I took recently

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#5102 12-03-2015 12:52am
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Crow

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#5103 12-03-2015 8:52am
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And to be a pedantic nit picker Keps. Hooded Crow, Grey Crow and locally in some parts of the country..Scald Crow.

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#5104 12-03-2015 6:16pm
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Great to see these guys knocking around, tonnes of them.

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#5105 12-03-2015 11:43pm
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paulusdu wrote: »

Great to see these guys knocking around, tonnes of them.

is that water in the frogspawn?^^^^^^^^

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#5106 13-03-2015 12:10am
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The whole patch was a mass of frogspawn, i have never seen so much

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#5107 13-03-2015 8:17am
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I would never go to that place. I'm afraid of frogs.

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#5108 13-03-2015 2:26pm
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Hairy Bittercress Cardamine hirsuta

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#5109 13-03-2015 9:24pm
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caught the 2 off these soaring this evening on a thermal, the photos are taken with a 300mm lens and cropped a lot,
am i right the first is a sparrow hawk.

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#5110 14-03-2015 12:39am
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Garden
Female Reed Bunting

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#5111 14-03-2015 12:49pm
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Remote shooting, thanks Robins for volunteering

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#5112 14-03-2015 3:10pm
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Black-headed Gulls

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#5113 14-03-2015 7:38pm
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Ring-billed Gull

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#5114 14-03-2015 10:15pm
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Male blackbird

Female blackbird

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#5115 14-03-2015 11:27pm
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Goldfinches in the garden.

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#5116 15-03-2015 11:36am
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This one had a damaged foot.

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#5117 15-03-2015 11:38am
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mikka631 wrote: »

This one had a damaged foot.

Just shows what beautiful birds starlings are when seen close up like that!

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#5118 15-03-2015 11:46am
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Love is in the air ...

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#5119 15-03-2015 11:48am
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mikka631 wrote: »

This one had a damaged foot.

Looks in good body/plumage condition so hopefully not affecting him too much.

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#5120 15-03-2015 2:41pm
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male blackbird

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#5121 15-03-2015 8:13pm
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Red Kite by Derek Balfe, on Flickr

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#5122 17-03-2015 3:34pm
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Mandarin Duck by AindriúH, on Flickr

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#5123 17-03-2015 6:59pm
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A few pictures I took today, looking out through double-glazing windows into the backyard - pictures have not been retouched.

Robin

A pair of robins (male & female)

A pair of sparrows (male & female)

Starlings

Jackdaws Hooded/Grey Crows

Magpie - about to fly

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#5124 17-03-2015 7:18pm
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zbluebirdz wrote: »

Jackdaws

Your Jackdaws are actually Hooded/Grey Crows. You have a Rook as well in some of the other photos not posted.

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#5125 17-03-2015 9:29pm
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A little-bit-distant Kestrel from this afternoon.

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#5126 17-03-2015 11:55pm
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Think I have a pair of blackbirds making a nest in the back garden

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#5127 18-03-2015 3:07pm
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Saw my first (Small Tortoiseshell) & second (Red Admiral) butterflies of 2015 today.

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#5128 18-03-2015 6:26pm
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Same here, except for Brimstone & Peacock!

Coal Tit

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#5129 18-03-2015 9:02pm
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Grey wagtail? this little guy was vey quick
[IMG][/img]DSCF4484_edited by , on Flickr

House sparrow he lets me get so close now like hes posing hehe
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[IMG][/img]DSCF4476 by , on Flickr

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#5130 18-03-2015 10:05pm
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[IMG][/img] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/131682136@N05/ly[/url], on Flickr

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#5131 18-03-2015 10:30pm
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The Raven was making a bit of a racket out the front this evening...

...I almost missed why!

The Buzzard still proceeded to fly right over the nest site.

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