The Birds In The Garden And Everywhere Else Thread

[K23]

Had a very pleasant walk across the Somerset Levels this afternoon as I do most afternoons but this time took a camera with me and saw some interesting birdlife.

Cattle Egret

Female Stonechat from distance

Wheatear

Kestrel deciding to take off just as I pressed the shutter button

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/jocaphotography/status/1300838831873314819?s=21

 

[Ringwood Jack]

My missus has taken down the suet balls from the feeder now all the starlings have gone.

Replaced with Niger and Sunflower seeds its now Goldfinch central.

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/profphilbrown/status/1300688455752716288?s=21

 

[Jack12345]

Saved two sparrow chicks which i found at the bottom of the Garden, luckily enough they must have just come out of the nest and were pretty big and strong so i named them Adolph and Goebbels, hand fed them for a couple of days and off they went, was well chuffed.

 

[Dr. Winston]

Saw this buzzard just minding his own business outside me mum's static in Ceredigion.

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[K23]

Saw this buzzard just minding his own business outside me mum's static in Ceredigion.

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Nice pic Doc. Its good when they sit still, isn't it.

There's one particular telegraph pole we drive past most mornings and the same buzzard is sitting on it probably 4 times of our every 5. Definitely creatures of habit. Birds of prey bigger than the hawks/falcons always seem to need a rest after a meal. We had an osprey round here a few years ago and it just sat on a tree stump in the middle of a lake for at least 4 hours to my knowledge after catching a fish.

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/marktakesphoto/status/1302610460131368961?s=21

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/happypixr/status/1304404327298224129?s=21

 

[Lifelong]

A shot from the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path this afternoon.

 

[Lifelong]

 

[Darran]

https://twitter.com/happypixr/status/1305181986932379649?s=21

 

[K23]

https://twitter.com/happypixr/status/1305181986932379649?s=21

Nice looking bird that deserves a more appealing name IMO!

 

[K23]

Apologies, not a bird pic, just wanted to post this photo I took this morning and this seemed an appropriate place rather than start a new thread. [TBF, I was actually looking to see if there were any interesting birds or animals out there]

Glastonbury Tor, 7am

 

[Darran]

Apologies, not a bird pic, just wanted to post this photo I took this morning and this seemed an appropriate place rather than start a new thread. [TBF, I was actually looking to see if there were any interesting birds or animals out there]

Glastonbury Tor, 7am

Stunning.