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Nuthatch

Cannot say with 100% certainty, but most probably this Nuthatch’s lunch is a butterfly or moth cocoon.

Ring Necked Parakeet

Home sweet home — a Ring Necked Parakeet was making the entrance bigger and stopped for a few seconds to rest.

Robin

Spent a bit of time thinking about how to crop the photo of this Robin. I decided to open up as much space as possible in front of the…

Blue Tit

Another bird snapped from the exact same spot as the last two. I love this photo for the feeling of inevitable movement — the Blue Tit flew off about a…

Jay

Caught this Jay in a very nice setting, albeit from a slightly high angle. The bird kindly glanced down at us to help.

Redwing

Another bird from our Cannizaro Park walk — this time a rather special one: the Redwing. It’s apparently a typical winter visitor in England, though I’m not sure we’ve…

Carrion Crow

What a day for photography today: crisp, bright, full of colour and with no need to travel far for any of it. We had a great outing to…

Stonechat

Coal Tit

Robin

Happy New Year!

Redpoll

A new bird for us — and for this newsletter — the Common Redpoll. I snapped a few dozen photos before realising that I didn’t recognise this bird at…

Great Tit

Moorhen

Ring Necked Parakeet

Another cold-looking bird — this Ring Necked Parakeet was perched in a tree all fluffed up, trying to warm up. It looked at me only because of my futile attempts…

Magpie

Very chilly outing to Morden Hall Park. Not many photos, but on every single one you can tell that the birds are not happy. Starting with a Magpie.

Blackcap

Robin

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Greater Flamingo

Blast from the summer past: Greater Flamingo…

Great Tit

Goldcrest

And here is the promised Goldcrest. I made over 100 photos of different Goldcrests on the day, but these are very busy birds — they hop on and off without much…

Blue Tit

An interesting outing to the quiet Surrey village of Peaslake and nearby Pitch Hill. We had never been around here before, but it’s clearly a popular walking and…

Rock Dove

Not exactly a wild bird in a reserve, but this fully white Rock Dove was snapped in the canteen of RSPB Pulborough Brooks.

Stonechat

Caught this Stonechat and Chiffchaff on the same bramble bush.

Robin

Little Egret

Little Egret on a hunt…