TonyQ's Big Year 2024

[TonyQ]

UK.16 Marsh Tit  Poecile palustris    

Earlswood, nr Birmingham      09.01.24

Much less common than the Blue Tit and Great Tit. This is the only place locally where we can reliably see them.

[Kitsafari]

beautiful shots!

[PeterHG]

Those are really great photos, @TonyQ! Chaffinch, Blue Tit and Great Tit, Nuthatch, Dunnock, all beautiful.

[Peter Connan]

A collection of fine close-ups Tony!

[BRACQUENE]

Great shots Tony ; gives me inspiration to go looking for that Marsh tit in Soignes Forest like last year!

[TonyQ]

@Kitsafari@Peter Connan@PeterHG@BRACQUENEthank you

UK.17 Mute Swan  Cygnus olor        

Sandwell Valley          04.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.18 Greylag Goose            Anser anser   

Earlswood, nr Birmingham      09.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.19 Stock Dove  Columba oenas  

Swanshurst Park, Birmingham           13.01.24

Swanshurst Park, Birmingham           13.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.20 Herring Gull  Larus argentatus           

Standing on ice, Kings Norton Nature Reserve, Birmingham            15.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.21 Common Gull  Larus canus    

With more ice, Sandwell Valley          16.01.24

Not common at all in this area, so good to see one here

[michael-ibk]

10 hours ago, TonyQ said:

Stock Dove

 

I miss my special dedication Tony!

[TonyQ]

I thought I would just let you appreciate it @michael-ibk 

[michael-ibk]

I do, absolutely. 😎

[TonyQ]

UK.22 Redwing  Turdus iliacus         

Just up the road, Birmingham 17.01.24

Just up the road, Birmingham 17.01.24

I was just walking back from having my haircut when I saw a group of these enjoying the berries. I hurried home, got MrsQ and cameras and hurried back (5 minutes walk). Luckily they were still there. I always check these trees in winter as Redwing often visit them when it is cold. I think they move into the city when it is very cold.

[TonyQ]

A few with even less travel

UK.23 Robin  Erithacus rubecula      

Our Garden, Birmingham        18.01.24

Our Garden, Birmingham        15.01.24

Taken through the window (as with the following ones. ) I even gave the window a clean in anticipation of the Big Year!

[TonyQ]

UK.24 Long-tailed Tit  Aegithalos caudatus  

Our Garden, Birmingham        18.01.24

I don't know why, but these always bring a smile when they arrive in the garden.

[TonyQ]

UK.25 Blackcap  Sylvia atricapilla     

Our Garden, Birmingham        19.01.24

[michael-ibk]

38 minutes ago, TonyQ said:

I even gave the window a clean in anticipation of the Big Year!

 

Wow, you really mean it this year!

[TonyQ]

That is what you have to do as a dedicated birder Michael !

[michael-ibk]

Then my chances of becoming one are nil! 

[Kitsafari]

Wonderful garden birds- that window was spotless!

[TonyQ]

@Kitsafariwe do enjoy seeing birds in our garden!

 

UK.26 Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos  

(M) Sandwell Valley          04.01.24

(F) Sandwell Valley          04.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.27 Tufted Duck  Aythya fuligula   

(M) Sandwell Valley          04.01.24

[TonyQ]

 

Another site very close to home,

 

UK.28 Treecreeper  Certhia familiaris           

Moseley Bog, Birmingham      26.01.24

Moseley Bog, Birmingham      26.01.24

[TonyQ]

UK.29 Great Spotted Woodpecker  Dendrocopos major  

(I like that you can see the stiff tail feathers that it leans on) Moseley Bog, Birmingham      26.01.24 

Moseley Bog, Birmingham      26.01.24