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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…
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…
Not exactly a wild bird in a reserve, but this fully white Rock Dove was snapped in the canteen of RSPB Pulborough Brooks.
A Treecreeper is another bird that uses its tail feathers for holding on to the tree — regardless of which side is up…
Another photo from that hill where I was trying to get eye-level shots of birds of prey. This time it’s a Buzzard, though I caught it slightly higher…
I had never seen a Nuthatch boring into bark until I made this photo: it was rummaging around like an actual woodpecker. Another thing I did not realise until this…
At RSPB The Lodge reserve there was a section at the top of a small but steepish hill which, because of the winds or for whatever other reason,…
This Chaffinch spent quite some time on a branch to ensure that the feeder below was safe to use.
A scene from life of the Rooks. Photographed from a bit of a distance with some directional sunset-ish light.
We had a very fruitful outing to RSPB The Lodge. I’ll kick off with this little Goldcrest — I couldn’t have asked for a better angle to identify this bird.