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45.  Eurasian Teal

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Leighton Moss  -  16/03/20

 

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46.  Eurasian Oystercatcher

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Leighton Moss  -  07/03/20

 

We are also lucky to see these birds a lot from home, this one was taken from a field close to our house.

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Home village  -  29/03/20

 

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47.  Common Shelduck

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Leighton Moss  -  21/03/20

 

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These are my favourite gull.  Very funny to watch their antics and comical to look at!

 

48.  Black-headed Gull

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Leighton Moss  -  21/03/20

 

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49.  Lesser Black-backed Gull

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Stanley Park  -  23/03/20

 

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Good set of additions! Amazing how the patch on your Teal's head looks blue, whereas I always perceive them as being green. Not some kind of virus, I hope...? ;)

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5 minutes ago, PeterHG said:

Good set of additions! Amazing how the patch on your Teal's head looks blue, whereas I always perceive them as being green. Not some kind of virus, I hope...? ;)

I looked up the description for Teal and it does say 'dark green eye patch', but in other pictures I have of teal it also looks blue, must be I have always photographed them in the sun, although not sure how I have managed that in this country!! :D

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2 hours ago, Zim Girl said:

but in other pictures I have of teal it also looks blue, must be I have always photographed them in the sun,

Green gloss often looks Blue in certain lights and angles. e.g. Look at Mallard's head.

:rolleyes:

Some good photos there. I would have posted them ages ago.

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Thank you @Galana, and very true about the Mallard.

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A couple from home.

Our resident wren likes to hunt around the pond looking for food.  He/she goes up and down through the holes in the net searching along the water edge.

 

50.  Wren

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Back garden  -  24/03/20

 

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From the field at the edge of our village.

 

51.  Pied Wagtail

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Home village  -  29/03/20

 

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2 hours ago, Zim Girl said:

51.  Pied Wagtail

Yeah!  None of this White Wagtail nonsense. Yarrellii rules!:D

If Brexit is stalled lets have Wagxit!

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Luckily my local nature reserve is very local so I can get there occasionally for a walk.

I saw these geese for the first time in a field adjacent to the reserve.  I watched them for a few minutes then they flew to follow another group that had just passed overhead.

 

52.  Barnacle Goose

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Marton Mere  -  31/03/20

 

 

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There is a spot in the adjoining woodland that if you wait for a while you can almost guarantee a nuthatch.

 

53.  Eurasian Nuthatch

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Salisbury Woodland  -  31/03/20

 

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More birds from the garden.

Going for the dishevelled look first.

 

54.  Common Starling

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Back garden  -  08/04/20

 

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Finally got that Greenfinch.  I say them fly in as a pair and waited for them to get onto the feeders. I am pretty sure they are male and female.

 

55.  Greenfinch

Female

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Male

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Both

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Back garden  -  09/04/20

 

 

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We see these very pretty birds in our garden every day now.

 

56.  Goldfinch

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Back garden  -  09/04/20

 

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We found a few of these in nearby fields on our daily walk from home.

 

57.  Northern Lapwing

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Fields near home  -  13/4/20

 

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With Easter over, I ventured out to the local nature reserve again to see what I could find.

Only 2 birds to post, but I was hearing plenty of Cetti's warblers (one day I hope to actually see one) and heard a Grasshopper warbler, but no luck in taking a picture.

 

58.  Common Whitethroat

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Marton Mere  -  20/04/20

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I was pleased with this one, I didn't get it at all last year.

 

59.  Blackcap

Female

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Male

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Marton Mere  -  20/04/20

 

 

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You are doing really well with new birds. Lots of visitors to your garden.

Dave Williams
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Joined the feeder slippery slope I see!!!! I managed my first female Blackcap sighting a couple of days ago too, far more furtive than the males who stand out singing.

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Really nice visitors to your feeder!

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19 hours ago, Dave Williams said:

Joined the feeder slippery slope I see!!!! I managed my first female Blackcap sighting a couple of days ago too, far more furtive than the males who stand out singing.

 

I know, I was really pleased to find a pair - never saw a single one last year.

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Another visit to the local reserve produced just the one new warbler.  I spent ages waiting for it to appear from the reeds to get any kind of picture.

 

60.  Sedge Warbler

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Marton Mere  -  04/05/20

 

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