Birds -- United Kingdom, July 2013 Photo Gallery by Tom Grey at pbase.com

Birds -- United Kingdom, July 2013

My wife and I took a vacation in England, mostly London, July 1-18, 2013, seeing a lot of theater and many old churches. I also brought a camera and lens for incidental bird photography, and put them to use on several mornings in the churchyard of St. John's, Hampstead; on Hampstead Heath; and along the Avon in Stratford (thanks to Richard Morris for a memorable early morning bird walk.) Below are a selection from my pictures.

One of the pictures below shows a surprising interaction between a fledgling and an adult Eurasian Blackbird (Turdus merula.) A more extensive sequence showing a similar interaction is at https://pbase.com/tgrey/eurasian_blackbird_pelletpass .

Goldcrest, male	Goldcrest, juvenile	Green Woodpecker	Common Reed Bunting, male
Eurasian Wren, singing male	Goldfinch	Eurasian Jay	Eurasian Jay
Common Whitethroat	Blackcap, juvenile female (?)	Dunnock	Dunnock
Dunnock	Eurasian Blackbirds, adult to fledgling 3	Eurasian Magpies, pair courting	European Robin
European Robin, carrying food to nest	European Robin, carrying food to nest	Song Thrush	Blue Tit
Blue Tit, juvenile	Great Tit, juvenile	Chaffinch, female	Chaffinch, female
Carrion Crow	Woodpigeon	Woodpigeon, carrying nesting material	Gray Heron
Eurasian Coot	Eurasian Coot, juvenile	Moorhen	Mute Swan
Greylag Goose	Mallards, female with two ducklings	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Lesser Black-backed Gull, with fish
Lesser Black-backed Gull	Black-headed Gull, breeding plumage

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Paolo Peggi (aka Bracciodiferro)		20-Jul-2013 19:35
Great series.V Paolo

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