The same day as I explored the floods, I also took my customary walk through The Old Oak Wood at Sconce Hills Park to see what birds could be seen there, and to take advantage of the beautiful light for photography.
As you can see, there were a few birds who appeared for my trademark "record shots", sadly none of them too close, but it was still good practice for me. Soon they will be exploring the bird boxes; the piercingly monotonous two tone call of the great tit is dominant at the moment - by dominant, I mean it's one of the few bird calls I recognise!
Spring hurtles on, the displays of aconite are now over, but I have yet to see a bee risking the weather, it has been very chilly the last few days and especially nights. Luckily, I have pre-mixed Mojito for my observing session later!
Si
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| Crows in the greenery |
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| Long tailed tit backside |
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| Robin by the Devon |
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| Slightly pensive looking bird |
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| Mrs chaffinch |
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| Head to one side |
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| Then into the light |
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| Fat squirrel |
Lovely selection of birds Simon and I really do like the grey squirrel photo :) Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteGreat selection, my favourites are the robin and that squirrel.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing - have a great weekend
All the best Jan
Great photos Simon.. :o)
ReplyDeleteThank you all for dropping by, and your nice comments!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant photos Simon, and it made me laugh, your saying.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob, focussing still an issue!
DeleteIs that mistletoe in the tree Simon?
ReplyDeleteI love the big clump of mistletoe. We have some in trees around here, out on the Forest. Such a bright yellow -green.
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that was mistletoe! Maybe one crow is waiting for another to make the first move!
ReplyDeleteGreat photo of the crows with the mistletoe
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