Bullfinch female
A quick 1 photo post: a female bullfinch.
Threatening call from a Chaffinch
No not a abusive phone call from a bird that has worked out how to use a phone, but a photo of a chaffinch who wasn’t happy about others on it’s feeder! I was set up for crested tit on this next shot, so a very close crop of a much bigger chaffinch in the…
Greenfinch
A greenfinch.
Great tit, treecreeper and Chaffinch
Some more photos photos from Loch Garten. A great tit posed, looking right at me, which gives a bit of a different perspective. A treecreeper landed in a pine tree and I managed a couple of grab shots as it searched for food. And a chaffinch posed on the twig.
Mallard and redpoll in Wat Tyler Park
On a quick walk this morning, the first one with sun for a while, I spotted this mallard on a pond. I rather liked the reflection. Another nice surprise was a few redpolls, something I had never seen in the park.
Trumpeter finch (Rhodopechys githaginea) in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote
Last October I had a holiday in Lanzarote, where I saw lots of interesting wildlife, much of which posed for some photos. One species that took a bit of work to get a photo of was the trumpeter finch Rhodopechys githaginea. This species feeds on seeds and early some mornings could be found in small…
Crested tit, coal tit, chaffinch, goldeneye and red squirrel
Carrying on with my photos from Scotland, I took a number of small bird photos in Cairngorms. I got one good photo of a crested tit, which I had to crop quite heavily. The siskins stayed too far away as well. I got a couple of ok shots though. As always in Scotland, the were…
Bearded tits, stonechat reed buntings and dunnock
When you take up wildlife photography there are certain bird species you want to photograph. Hoopoes are on most people’s lists, if hard to get in the UK. Bitterns are another and one, I’ve only photographed twice and not particularly well. Another is the bearded tit or reedling. I had seen them at Rainham before…
Greenfinch eating sycamore seed, redwing and fieldfare
Here are some photos from a morning walk around Wat Tyler Country park. The highlight was a greenfinch eating a sycamore seed. The winter thrushes were as uncooperative as usual but I managed a couple of grab shots . Fieldfare Redwing
Siskin, redpoll, muntjac, coal tit and other birds at Elvenden Center Parcs
As I mentioned in my previous post I was pleasantly surprised by the amount of wildlife at Center Parcs. The feeders in front of the hide were especially good. At least 1 lesser redpoll was about. Which was joined by the many siskin. As you can see most the photos were unfortunately on the feeders…