Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

Last two are female Blackbird and Wren.

vandriver

A new visitor to the garden(number 28)


Blackcap by carl cotter, on Flickr

And some returning visitors


Lesser Redpolls by carl cotter, on Flickr

whyulittle

Some from the garden







And some from town

Squeaky the Squirrel

Whats the one with the the bit of red?

oh, shoud've refreshed, the carl cotter one!

whyulittle

Lesser Redpolls by carl cotter

Squeaky the Squirrel

whyulittle wrote: »

Lesser Redpolls by carl cotter

Oh facepalm!!:o Thanks.

Don't know how I missed that! Must be the really weird name, skimed right over it or something, never seen or heard of one of them before.

Great Thread folks!!

V Bull

A Siskin at the ECNR today..



Robin..



A Blackcap in the garden..

joseph brand

Just took this photo this afternoon. Very unusual bird in the background. He has a white stripe down the top of his head, and stripes (I think) down the sides of his head. He looks a little punky.

I'm no camera pro, so I don't have close-ups like some of the great photos on here.



Is that a finch to the left? He has an orangey chest.

Some beautiful birds in the garden since we started using bird seed, instead of just bread.

Btw, the blackbirds are mad for apples, chopped in half. They hop round the garden and run behind my trees.

whyulittle

The bird on the left is a male Chaffinch, the punk is a Coal Tit. You should be able to get pretty close to them at the feeders compared to the other birds.

Fruit1985

These three robin red breasts followed me about today:

1. Stephen's Green
2. Herbert Park I
3. Herbert Park II

OpenYourEyes

Curlew


Teal


Spot the Snipe! (there's more than one..)


ringtail Hen Harrier






...and a Short-Eared Owl

GreyEagle

Spot the Snipe! (there's more than one..)

Great set of pics. esp the owl. I had some difficulty picking out the snipe, my guess is two, one dead centre, another at 5 o'clock.

Pie Man

I count four

OpenYourEyes

Yeah, 4 it is! Had to double check myself because the longer I sat there that day the more I kept seeing!

Billy Mays

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Curlew

Teal

Spot the Snipe! (there's more than one..)

ringtail Hen Harrier

...and a Short-Eared Owl

Where are these snaps taken, if you don't mind me asking?

trebor28

How many frogs can you see?

muckyhands

5? Great pic.

This is a great thread, fantastic photos everyone.

whyulittle

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trebor28

the answer is 5!

there is actually 3 around the main one in the pic.
then one at 14.00 and one at 17.00

prizes on way to muckyhands!

emo72

trebor28 wrote: »

the answer is 5!

there is actually 3 around the main one in the pic.
then one at 14.00 and one at 17.00

prizes on way to muckyhands!

its an orgy:D

trebor28

emo72 wrote: »

its an orgy:D

quite the orgy actually. there was at least another 5 there but the closer i got the more they started submerging.

whyulittle

A flock of Long-tailed Tits came to the suet roll feeder this afternoon. They were landing around me no bother, I could have done with a wide angle lens!

KJ

Every time I look out the window lately, there are between 1 and 6 Siskins and 2 Goldfinches on the feeder. Its lovely to see.

Here they are sharing:









And a Robin at the Boora

Eyepatch

KJ wrote: »

Can anybody tell me what these two are?

In reply to your question asking for the names of the two last birds, I would say 2nd last is a female blackbird and last is a wren. Correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm no expert!

I have the same feeders as you! Bought in Woodies. They are very nice. I actually have two of them.

whyulittle

KJ wrote: »

And a Robin at the Boora

And to continue the teaser theme, simply name the bird.

OpenYourEyes

whyulittle wrote: »

And to continue the teaser theme, simply name the bird.

I'm gonna guess that its name is Stephen?


(Goldcrest)

whyulittle

That's gone straight over my head I'm afraid!

But yes, Stephen is a Goldcrest. From your neck of the woods in fact, in Mote Park - which I only discovered existed the other day.

OpenYourEyes

whyulittle wrote: »

That's gone straight over my head I'm afraid!

But yes, Stephen is a Goldcrest. From your neck of the woods in fact, in Mote Park - which I only discovered existed the other day.

It was a lovely spot up until a few years ago, very large proportion cut down in the last ten years unfortunately

whyulittle

Just comparing the newer Bing to older Google Maps aerial shots and it does look like it has been gutted alright. I'll give it another couple of visits though, a single fox was about the height of what I saw yesterday.

OpenYourEyes

whyulittle wrote: »

Just comparing the newer Bing to older Google Maps aerial shots and it does look like it has been gutted alright. I'll give it another couple of visits though, a single fox was about the height of what I saw yesterday.

Should be deer, and used to be stoat, pine marten, red squirrel etc there too, so hopefully theres still some around!