Published on 12, July, 2020
Sharing this on here because I know there are other birdwatchers around, just had a great spotted woodpecker on my bird feeders in my back garden! Had my binoculars next to me so got a good look
Wonderful
Blue tit faffing about. Taken a few years ago but have just seen them back in that box again.
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Why can't I post photos anymore?
The Great spotted woodpecker came back again! Also, autofocus is annoying me on my camera, no I did not want to focus on the berries!
Thank you
Yes, they are incredibly loud and quick singers!
We have a wren knocking about and it is VERY loud for such a tiny creature.
You certainly have some skill! Keep up the good work!
That means a lot to me - thank you.
I took that photos in 2018 on my very 1st bridge camera.
I was sitting at the bottom of my garden hoping to capture something interesting but never hoped for a little wren to come so close to me.
I'd have been hard put to take the quality of image if it had been any further away without a DSLR + a decent lens and even then my hand shake would probably have made that impossible.
Anyway, tell those naughty flowers to keep still!
Debbie, I can't believe how well you photograph wildlife. I'm saying this as someone who has, without success, tried to capture flowers on a still day. Moving creatures are nigh on impossible. So I'm impressed with your skills!
A wren collecting nesting material:
To say I'm envious of you getting my favourite raptor (which has up to a 6 foot wingspan) landing to feed in your garden would be an understatement!
I put some bacon scraps on the lawn earlier, a Red Kite was straight down to claim them.
BeckyThump said:we think it's a juvenile female blackbird.
I agree.
The juvenile female blackbirds have russet colours on them.
However, there is also a redwing thrush but I doubt it's that.
Yes I see what you mean. The other thing that helps me if I might be looking at a young bird is which adult bird they move like.
I've had a bit of a Google and we think it's a juvenile female blackbird. The speckles and reddish bits were throwing me off.
I think it might be. It looks a bit like one I saw the other day and at first I thought it was a Song Thrush.
Anyone know if this is a young blackbird or something else? I'm really not sure!
I love birds, they look oddly majestic and a little scary from certain angles, think it's the small eyes and the long evil looking beak. Lol.
My only problem with them is they wake me up way too early every morning
Just seen a Great Spotted Woodpecker. It was going up and down the lower branches of our tree for a while when I realized there was a pair. I then spotted what appeared to be courtship.
It has been the best part of my day.
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Thanks I will look into that.