TonyQ Big Year 2022 - We go again

[TonyQ]

Thank you for your kind comments @shazdwn@xelas@michael-ibk

100 is still some way off @Dave Williams!

@Kitsafaribar-coded birds would make them easier to identify

 

A few more

61.UK.61 Bullfinch  Pyrrhula pyrrhula

(F) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           27.01.22

I was waiting to get a male - they are regular visitors to our garden (but always sit in the shade)

I will post one later in the year!

Edited March 23, 2022 by TonyQ

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62.UK.62 Lesser Redpoll  Carduelis cabaret

Earlswood, nr Birmingham     08.03.22

Earlswood, nr Birmingham     08.03.22

Against very strong light - but identifiable...

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63.UK.63 Jackdaw  Corvus monedula          

Kings Norton Nature Reserve, Birmingham   15.03.22

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64.UK.64 Green Sandpiper  Tringa ochropus           

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

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65.UK.65 Sparrowhawk  Accipiter nisus       

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

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66.UK.66 Reed Bunting  Emberiza schoeniclus       

(M) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           27.01.22

(F) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

 

Edited March 23, 2022 by TonyQ

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67.UK.67 Avocet  Recurvirostra avosetta     

 

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

Such a beautiful, elegant looking bird. We will have the babies to look forward to in a few weeks.

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68.UK.68 Brambling  Fringilla montifringilla  

(F) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

(M not in breeding plumage yet)Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

(F) Upton Warren, Worcestershire           14.03.22

A winter visitor. We have only seen them a couple of times before but have see a few of them this year. These were hanging around with Chaffinch and Linnets

Edited March 23, 2022 by TonyQ

[xelas]

Adding new birds at that speed, #100 is not that far away! Excellent photos.

[michael-ibk]

Beautiful Avocet photos!

[Soukous]

Bullfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Brambling. All birds I cannot find; so I am very envious. Nice additions

[PeterHG]

Very good species and I love your Avocet photos!

[Galana]

A great collection. Add my name to the fans of your Avocet photos.

[TonyQ]

@xelas@Soukousthank you

@Galana@PeterHG@michael-ibkthank you - I was pleased with the Avocet photos. We know that at this site (Upton Warren) tha part where tha Avocets are seen is best in the afternoon fo light

Anyway, a small number of additions

 

69.UK.69. Shoveler  Anas clypeata  

(m) Grimley, Worcestershire         17.03.22

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70.UK.70. Egyptian Goose  Alopochen aegyptiacus

Grimley, Worcestershire         17.03.22

Thy were hanging around with a mixed group of Greylag and Canada Geese

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71.UK.71. Kestrel  Falco tinnunculus

Grimley, Worcestershire         17.03.22

Grimley, Worcestershire         17.03.22

Grimley, Worcestershire         17.03.22

Last year we only got one fairly distant view in Scotland, so it is niceto see them more locally again

[TonyQ]

A few more additions. We visited Slimbridge WWT (Wildfowl and Wetland Trust) Reserve. I will post photos in two batches.

 

72.UK.72. Rook  Corvus frugilegus   

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

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73.UK.73. Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis   

(F) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

(?) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

(M) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

There is a hide (called the Kingfisher HIde) which is opposite a river bank . Unfortunately (but understandably) viewing is through glass at this time of year.

The Kingfishers were digging their hole in the bank. It was very interesting watching them disappear in to the hole, then when they came out (with earth on their beak) the would plunge into the river to was the earth off.

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74.UK.74. Goldeneye  Bucephala clangula  

(F) Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Very distant heavy crop, but identifiable!

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75.UK.75. Great White Egret  Ardea alba/Egretta alba        

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Distant with heat haze (in March!) but we don't see them very often so I will include it now

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76.UK.76. Collared Dove  Streptopelia decaocto     

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

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A couple of duplicates which (I think) improve on the originals

Little Grebe in breeding finery

Male Pintail

 

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77.UK.77. Crane  Grus grus  

Male trying to impress a female, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

Slimbridge, Gloucestershire   20.03.22

These are part of a reintroduction project. They are freeliving and breeding in the area.

[Galana]

52 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

72.UK.72. Rook  Corvus frugilegus   

In Slimbridge?  Sounds like a post I have just read on my thread.

 

Some nice photos there.

[PeterHG]

Ah, those  Cranes!