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Stonechat (f)

Still plenty to publish from the RSPB Pulborough Brooks outing. Next up is this lovely female Stonechat — a bird whose name comes from the sound it typically…

Avocet

Very luck to get a reasonably sharp photo of this Avocet – the bird on RSPB’s logo – from a hide from quite a bit of a distance….

Robin

Long time – no Robin…

Greater Whitethroat

Continuing with the outing at RSPB Pulborough Brooks — and introducing another bird that is typically photographed while singing. And once again, I did not manage to get…

Song Thrush

Following on from yesterday’s Nightingale, today it is another very melodic bird: the Song Thrush. This one was a lot easier to spot and photograph — it was…

Nightingale

An excellent outing to RSPB Pulborough Brooks yielded quite a few nice photos to share. The star of the show was the Nightingale — plenty could be heard…

Common Buzzard

It is time to introduce some birds of prey — and the Common Buzzard is by far the most frequent one around London. Unfortunately, these beasts usually end…

Black Headed Gull

Another interesting thing to do when visiting reserves is to find a comfortable spot and just watch the scenes of bird life unfold. This particular reserve had a…

Greenshank

Another properly wild bird today: the Greenshank. This shot was taken just a few minutes after yesterday’s, at a slightly closer distance. Greenshanks are reasonably rare, so I…

Little Ringed Plover

Finally had a proper outing to an RSPB reserve, so for the next few days I will be shuffling in some wilder birds.Today’s specimen is a Little Ringed…