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april
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Just landed
We had a couple of Yellowhammers around that afternoon, this one landed just as I was looking for something else, right in line with my camera LOL- delia todd
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- 2024 april drimmie emberiza citrinella nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland yellowhammer
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Turbine and Kestrel
This Kestrel seems to be either getting cooled off or is trying to create a breeze to make the turbine blades move LOL Sorry it's a bit oof, but that turbine is about a mile away, don't really know how far the Kes is. One thing I'd been looking forward to with this camera was trying to take...- delia todd
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- 2024 april drimmie eurasian kestrel falco tinnunculus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Spectator
In the grass beside the track where the Skylark was enjoying his bath, was a Yellowhammer, I'm sure he was wondering what was going on. It had been a while since I'd seen them on the patch, so that day was sure turning into a red letter day LOL I've a feeling they may be recovering from the...- delia todd
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- 2024 april drimmie emberiza citrinella nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland yellowhammer
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Dust bathing Round 4
No, you didn't miss rounds 2 and 3, I've omitted them!! The Skylark kept up his dust bathing for ages, gradually getting closer to us. It really was so entertaining to watch. This picture is towards the end of his last go at it. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 alauda arvensis april drimmie eurasian skylark grazing land beside upland hill lochan nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Invasion
I could have given you a picture of a single Northern Wheatear, but this was the first time I'd managed to find 4 together on my patch; think they'd just arrived. We were certainly being treated that day, what with yesterday's Skylark too. Remember that big black hole in the dyke (wall)... it...- delia todd
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- 2024 april drimmie nikon coolpix p900 northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe perthshire scotland up the hill
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Bliss
We had a wonderful session on my Up the Hill patch a couple of weeks ago. Not just one but two pairs of Wheatears were just arrived and this Eurasian Skylark spent ages enjoying a dust bath! I really liked this pose I captured. Saturday Fun Sorry to be so late with this, as I was half way...- delia todd
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- 2024 alauda arvensis april drimmie eurasian skylark nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland up the hill
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Nuts are old hat!
This Great Spotted Woodpecker seems to prefer having fatballs on his diet today!! I think they must be nesting a bit away from the feeding station, as I've not seen either of them for a couple of weeks now. Unless, of course, they're coming when I'm not there.- delia todd
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- 2024 april blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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Hungry
I don't often get pictures of Great Crested Grebe, at least not good ones, but this guy was a little closer than normal. He'd caught a huuuge fish and seemed to be having trouble swallowing it, but it disappeared eventually. Anyone able to ID it? Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 angus april great crested grebe loch of lintrathen nikon coolpix p900 podiceps cristatus saturday fun scotland
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Shy
What a thrill it was to see a Yellowhammer after such a long time; think it was way back in May last year since one had visited the Mause feeders. Didn't give much of a view though, did he LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 april blairgowrie emberiza citrinella mause perthshire saturday fun scotland yellowhammer
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Among the stingers!
Sometime in April I thought I caught sight of a flash of yellow near the feeders but it was so quick I really wasn't sure what it was. A few days later and the mystery was solved when this Yellowhammer suddenly showed himself and stopped to feed on the fallen seed. He was in amongst the...- delia todd
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- 2023 april blairgowrie emberiza citrinella mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland yellowhammer
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Colonising?
Also on the lochan were Whooper Swans... yes, no less than three of them! In the past they would occasionally be seen there, for an odd day or two, but only singletons. A rather pleasing sight really.- delia todd
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- 2023 april blairgowrie cygnus cygnus drimmie nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland whooper swan
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A male multi-tasking????
My friend and I spent an extended lunch break at my old patch "Up the Hill" on Sunday, quite a bit to be seen but this was a record shot taken through the windscreen of a couple of Mallards. It wasn't until I downloaded the pictures that I realised one was scratching his neck. A bit of...- delia todd
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- 2019 anas platyrhynchos april blairgowrie drimmie mallard nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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B
LA County 4/1/23
Woke up bright and early to drive down towards Pasadena today. One of the best birding trips Ive had in a while, more than happy with it. Here’s the species list for the day Cackling goose-nice find, I’m always happy to see these Canada goose Northern shoveler Mallard Ring necked duck...- bunnyrich
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- april baltimore oriole daylist
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- Forum: Your Birding Day
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At last
I've rather neglected my local pictures of late, sorry. Back at the end of April, I saw the first Hedgehog in the garden for years, here he is foraging on the steep bank at the back of my flat where the bird feeder is. I started putting food out for him but haven't seen him again; the food was...- delia todd
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- 2022 april blairgowrie erinaceus europaeus european hedgehog nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Small wader bird - NL
Hi everyone, I saw this cute wader on the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands a few days ago (2nd of April). My best ID right now is Dunlin, Calidris alpina, mainly due to the black rump (see blurry in flight photo). However, I find that its plumage is not brown enough for summer plumage, and...- MaxesTaxes
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- april beach calidris dunlin netherlands wader
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- Forum: Bird Identification Q&A
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Hmmm .. that's what he thinks of being photographed
I'd got a hanging tub of peanut butter - you'd have thought he would be a bit more appreciative, wouldn't you. Still struggling a bit with my laptop, just managing to do things between times it decides it will let me!- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie coal tit craighall nikon coolpix p900 periparus ater perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Just before I left
I'd just about given up hope of seeing a Long-tailed Tit come in and we were just discussing whether or not it was time to go, when plop!! So it wasn't time to go LOL Sorry folks... having awful problems with my laptop today. Taken me from 8am to try and get a browser to run. Hopefully this...- delia todd
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- 2021 aegithalos caudatus april blairgowrie craighall long-tailed tit nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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Tit fest
Well, that doesn't happen often for me LOL Get three different tit species in one image! Shame I couldn't see the Great Tit's face, wasn't it- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie blue tit coal tit craighall nikon coolpix p900 parus major cyanistes caeruleus periparus ater perthshire scotland
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Not so common....
Chaffinches are not so commonly seen at these new feeders but he looks pretty comfortable tucking into the seeds there.- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie chaffinch craighall fringilla coelebs nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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Feeders don't interest him....
.... still likes to eat though! Dunnocks seems to prefer eating on the ground, this one was foraging around underneath the feeders, picking up what everyone else had dropped (including me!)- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie craighall dunnock nikon coolpix p900 perthshire prunella modularis scotland
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Loving his nuts...
.... and keeping himself shaded from the strong spring sunshine. I was hoping he'd move round a bit but no such luck.- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie craighall nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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On the fly
I don't often see Robins at the hanging feeders, but this one did try. Sorry his wings are a bit blurry though.- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie craighall erithacus rubecula european robin nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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These are MINE (SF)
She really seems to be making that statement, doesn't she!! Not my best picture of a GSW, but I liked that pose with her showing some attitude.- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie craighall dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Ready to tuck in
Back at the Craighall feeders. Topped up the nuts, seeds, fatballs and hung a half coconut. Before I got back to the car a Great Tit had landed.- delia todd
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- 2021 april blairgowrie craighall great tit nikon coolpix p900 parus major perthshire scotland
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Slopey
The Siskins were becoming very welcome regular visitors. This is the male at the top of the bank where my pole feeder is, you can get a bit of an idea of how steep it is in this shot. TTTW- delia todd
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- 2019 april blairgowrie garden nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland spinus spinus tttw
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