As mentioned in the dualling raptors and crow blog, we had three more new birds including our first Long-tailed Tits. These birds are always a welcome sight and jointly, along with Northern Lapwing, hold the accolade of my favourite bird. There was a small family party which included this youngster.
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Young Long-tailed Tit. |
The female Greater Spotted Woodpecker is still visiting regularly...
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Female Great Spotted Woodpecker. |
and the male is coming more often too...
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Male Great Spotted Woodpecker. |
today he brought along with him a young bird which sat on the fence while he fed it.
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Males feeding juvenile with the red cap. |
A Blue Tit was doing the same on the feeders.
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Blue Tit feeding young. |
Other young birds in evidence included this Greenfinch.
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Juvenile Greenfinch |
Other regulars to be good enough to pose for photos recently are the Dunnock, Blackbird and fine pair of Goldfinches.
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Dunnock, love that red eye. |
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Male Blackbird as beautiful as he is mellifluous. |
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A stunning pair of Goldfinches gracing our feeders |
I do love living in our little rose covered cottage.
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Roses by the front door of our little piece of heaven. |
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