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Our local birdlife

not really a bird photographer, but I love watching them and sometimes one stays still long enough for me to focus

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winter greetings….
winter greetings….		 buzzard
buzzard		 shiny buzzard
shiny buzzard		 Green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Green woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Woody having a scratch
Woody having a scratch		 Young Woody - 2
Young Woody - 2		 Young Woody - 1
Young Woody - 1		 with a kestrel
with a kestrel
Buzzard
Buzzard		 raven, extra fierce
raven, extra fierce		 raven
raven		 another buzzard
another buzzard
Buzzard
Buzzard		 not quite as black as its painted (Raven corvus corax )
not quite as black as its painted (Raven corvus corax )		 buzzard juvenile ( buteo buteo )
buzzard juvenile ( buteo buteo )		 ...a raven cried kruk...
...a raven cried "kruk"...
time for a little something...
time for a little something...		 nothing like a good scratch
nothing like a good scratch		 the bird had flown..
the bird had flown..		 flying for love 1
flying for love 1
flying for love 2
flying for love 2		 flying for love 3
flying for love 3		 flying for love 4
flying for love 4		 Mrs magpie trying to remember where nest is started
Mrs magpie trying to remember where nest is started
buzzard
buzzard		 Pied Wagtail 'Motacilla alba yarrellii' an unusual visitor on our roof
Pied Wagtail 'Motacilla alba yarrellii' an unusual visitor on our roof		 caught in the act
caught in the act		 Good morning everyone
Good morning everyone
Thrush - turdus philomelos
Thrush - turdus philomelos		 black on white
black on white		 'common' buzzard
'common' buzzard		 Raven - Corvus corax
Raven - Corvus corax
Nuthatch - Sitta europaea
Nuthatch - Sitta europaea		 looking over his shoulder
looking over his shoulder		 young swallow insect hunting on our roof
young swallow insect hunting on our roof		 a flurry of young swallows in the prunus
a flurry of young swallows in the prunus
Dunnock tidying our kitchen scraps just outside the window
Dunnock tidying our kitchen scraps just outside the window		 Kestrel - one of our 'regulars' on Malvern Hills
Kestrel - one of our 'regulars' on Malvern Hills		 love the transparency of the feather edges
love the transparency of the feather edges		 Pheasant male, showing off
Pheasant male, showing off
a couple of females prowling the garden
a couple of females prowling the garden		 female close-up
female close-up		 male close-up
male close-up		 still failing to remember how long their tails are!
still failing to remember how long their tails are!
male
male		 Robin
Robin		 Duck - Mallard crossed with something else?
Duck - Mallard crossed with something else?		 Dunnock - Prunella Modularis - I think this years hatch livening up the garden
Dunnock - Prunella Modularis - I think this years hatch livening up the garden
as black as he's painted
as black as he's painted		 young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus
young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus		 young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus
young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus		 Mrs Thrush collecting nest material from our terrace
Mrs Thrush collecting nest material from our terrace
Mrs Green enjoying our grass - Picus Viridis
Mrs Green enjoying our grass - Picus Viridis		 Mrs spotty having breakfast - Dendrocopos Major
Mrs spotty having breakfast - Dendrocopos Major		 Wheatear - Oenanthe Oenanthe - spotted a pair on Malverns for the 1st time
Wheatear - Oenanthe Oenanthe - spotted a pair on Malverns for the 1st time		 buzzard
buzzard
Buzzard - Buteo Buteo - love the fierce expression when they call
Buzzard - Buteo Buteo - love the fierce expression when they call		 Buzzard - Buteo buteo - difficult to get any sharper with only 400mm lens
Buzzard - Buteo buteo - difficult to get any sharper with only 400mm lens		 fly past: Buzzard - Buteo Buteo a bit lower and nearer than usual
fly past: Buzzard - Buteo Buteo a bit lower and nearer than usual		 young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus
young Kestrel Falco Tinnunculus
young blue tit enjoying the wild plum blossom
young blue tit enjoying the wild plum blossom		 great spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos Major
great spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos Major		 thrush enjoying our out-of-date spaghetti (Turdus Viscivorus)
thrush enjoying our out-of-date spaghetti (Turdus Viscivorus)
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chriswhitehead0715-Jul-2014 06:57
what a good gallery very good that is . >>>V<<<
Robbie D7013-Jul-2014 07:48
Not taken many bird shot myself as they are hard work in the true wild.
This gallery is superb , well done Chris.
John Lamb12-Jul-2014 20:48
Very nice Avian gallery Chris. ~v~
The Ellisons09-Jul-2014 12:15
Nice series Chris,love all these critters we get excactly the same species in our garden aswell, except for the Dunnock(we ge've got two pairs of Jenny Wrens nesting in the ivy on our back walls which look very similar).
John Hamers28-Nov-2012 19:03
Great series on these bird Chris, enjoyed it very much !!V
John R. Powell04-Jan-2012 10:41
Excellent collection of bird shots... well captured Chris.
Robert D. McAlpine29-Jul-2009 11:36
Lovely gallery - many superb images!
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