Reach for the skies!!! My tern to fly high!

[Dave Williams]

90) Little Grebe 

Little Grebe.  BY90 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

91) Pied Wagtail

Possibly my least favourite UK bird! I'm not sure why but I don't find them at all photogenic!! They are however very confiding.

Pied Wagtail. BY91 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

92) Pintail Duck

One from a couple of weeks ago. My favourite place for over wintering Pintail was fruitless but I found a distant single one elsewhere so let's get it done as they have probably all left by now!

Pintail Duck.        BY92 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

93)Shellduck

One of the few species of duck that are still around in big numbers at our local reserve.

Shellduck     BY93 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Soukous]

nice additions Dave

[PeterHG]

If I saw your Pied Wagtail over here I would count it as a white wagtail without a second thought on account of the rather light grey feathers on its back. Probably a female? Do you get the white over there at all?

[xelas]

Another set of very nice local birds!

[Galana]

What is it about the poor little Waggy? I find their expression more than makes up for their monochrome plumage.

[Dave Williams]

@PeterHGYes, we do get White Wagtails here and to be honest I struggle with the difference without a second check....which I haven't done for my Pied yet!

 

Anyway, on with the count and with a quarter of the calendar year due to end tonight I need to step up and hit the century starting with one out of the bathroom window!

94)Wood Pigeon

Wood Pigeon. BY94 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

95)Dunnock

On the local headland last weekend.

Dunnock.  BY95 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

Down at the local reserve last week

96)Wigeon

Wigeon   BY 96 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

Again, at the local reserve a week or two ago.

97) Tufted Duck

Tufted Duck  BY97 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

One from the moors last weekend

98)Stonechat

Stonechat  BY 98 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited March 31, 2022 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams]

Out of the kitchen window...a low level shot for a change!

99) Coal Tit

Coal Tit   BY 99 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

The early morning peace and tranquillity on an upland lake was suddenly broken by this act of aggression between two geese who had just flown in as a threesome from an adjoining lake where they had been floating around in perfect harmony.I'm not sure if it was a case of seeing off a love rival or an act of violent rape. It did however provide me with the best action shots of the day. What amazed me was that the loosing goose escaped the melee by swimming underwater and reappearing some 10-15m away only for the aggressor to launch in to a further attack. Eventually they all left as singles.

I don't normally post multiple shots of the same species but as it's my 100 for the year and it does demonstrate the action which took place over several minutes I'll make an exception! 

100)Greylag Goose

Greylag Goose.    BY 100 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

 

 

Greylag Goose.    BY 100 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

Greylag Goose.    BY 100 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

Greylag Goose.    BY 100 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

Greylag Goose.    BY 100 by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited March 31, 2022 by Dave Williams

[michael-ibk]

Very cool sequence! Congrats on passing #100!

[Galana]

Congratulations on your 100. So both your bathroom and kitchen can double as bird observatories? I can read the Agent's particulars from here.

[Zim Girl]

Congratulations on reaching 100.  Lovely picture of the Stonechat and great goose sequence.

[xelas]

Congratulations on #100! I love the close-ups of Dunnock, Stonechat and Coal Tit. I am surprised with the bokeh at f/10 for Dunnock shot.

[Dave Williams]

9 minutes ago, xelas said:

Congratulations on #100! I love the close-ups of Dunnock, Stonechat and Coal Tit. I am surprised with the bokeh at f/10 for Dunnock shot.

 

Thanks Alex. With sufficient background separation you can improve the bokeh quite considerably at f10. The gorse behind the Dunnock was probably some way behind.

[TonyQ]

A great sequence for reaching your 100 - well done.

A beautiful Coal Tit and Stonechat also!

[PeterHG]

Congrats on the #100 and with beautiful photos! Great series of the fighting geese!

[Kitsafari]

what a fierce battle and excellent sharp captures! that's expected of your skills.

 

congrats on the century! no april's fool joke there.  

[lmSA84]

Congrats on the 100! 

[Dave Williams]

Shocking weather at home last Wednesday morning so by Friday night we'd arrived a long way south and east!

Some excellent birding to be had as it's migration time in Cyprus.

101) Wryneck

Wryneck    BY 101 by Dave Williams, on Flickr