Another new visitor this Winter, the female Blackcap. This is not the first time I've had a Blackcap, they have appeared in previous Winters, and so far only the female. This little bird has been around the last two days and judging by her confidence in the use of my garden, I think she has been around before. she is quite feisty, likes to show the other birds that she is not easily frightened off.
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*Punk Mergansers*
Sawbills rank amongst my favourite water birds. They are all attractive,
present a good challenge both in being difficult to approach and...
RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch.
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Taking a one hour snapshot of the bird visitors to the garden usually brings
up some surprises. As I observe from day to day there is hardly a time when
th...
Pochard (Aythya ferina)
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Pochard (Aythya ferina)
Originally uploaded by Peter Orchard
My first reaction was that this was not a good enough photo to grace the
Internet where often ...
The Med Today (Snow _ _ _ but bright!)
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We had a good 2'' maybe 3'' of snow last night, this morning. The morning
began with heavy snow but it gave way to lovely sunny weather and a ...
Meet The Twins
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Meet The Twins, originally uploaded by julian sawyer.
It was a real pleasure to see these two again today. There was the full
family of Roe deer, the stag...
Visit to RSPB Sandy
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Images from my visit this week to RSPB Sandy.
All images were taken from the side of the main Bird Hide. It is currently
undergoing repairs so I had to impr...
Gardening to reduce your carbon footprint
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How hard would it be to design green roofs for cars? Just imagine: you stop
off to pick up some groceries, and on returning to your car, you find it's
aliv...
A Welcome Return
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It had been another frustrating week when I hadn't got out to do any serious
bird photography. The weather was still very cool and it has been
depress...
Winter Visitors
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There has been lots of activity in the garden during the dreadful weather we
have all been experiencing here in the UK. The poor birds have been
desperate...