Underdog Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Spotted flycatcher. I knew that those mysterious events of magpies falling out of trees around here would be good U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dead eye alan Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Spot on mate nice photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDog Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 I saw my first one for some years in my garden yesterday. There is plenty of cover for them to nest in so I hope that a pair stays around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Geordie Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Saw one of these in the other halves garden a few weeks ago! Never seen one before and wondered what it was! Not the strangest feathered friend we had though! we had a uellow headed black bird once! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Yellow headed black bird! Try saying that when yer' drunk `black headedddd yella' bird...hick....or was it a black backed yella' bird...hick. Stop putting custard out fer the birds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telf Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 nice pics,lovely birds,keep at those maggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bullet boy Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Nice pics bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREENGRASS Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 A great species and well captured. Something I would like to capture one day with the camera that is. Thanks for posting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 (edited) Lovely.... did the first of my two Breeding Bird Surveys for the BTO early morning last sunday and it threw up up three big suprises.First was half a dozen corn buntings dusting in a dry puddle.Second was a Wheatear or Whiteass as we know them around hereThird as I was walking back to the car was ( believe it or not ) and Osprey being mobbed by about 20 crows at about 2000 feet. It was most likely onits annual migration route and possibly had visited the Cotswold water park where there have been sightings of passing birds in recent years.Sunday evening as I sat sipping a beer in the Garden which backs onto an area of dense woodland the unmistakable melodic babble of a returning nightingale crept out of the undergrowth. We have a stable population in some of the local woods along with pied fly catchers, redstarts and my favourite summer visitor the wood warbler.Sadly the linnets nest in the honey suckle has been absolutely ravaged by a Crow that crept under the Radar and I rescued the two remaining eggs from thick undergrowth at the bottom of the shrub and these are being sat on by a friends broody Bengalese finch. Don't worry Defra will be informed and the birds will be captive rung ( if they hatch which I doubt ) Edited May 20, 2014 by Fisherman Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Lovely.... did the first of my two Breeding Bird Surveys for the BTO early morning last sunday and it through up up three big suprises. First was half a dozen corn buntings dusting in a dry puddle. Second was a Wheatear or Whiteass as we know them around here Third as I was walking back to the car was ( believe it or not ) and Osprey being mobbed by about 20 crows at about 2000 feet. It was most likely onits annual migration route and possibly had visited the Cotswold water park where there have been sightings of passing birds in recent years. Sunday evening as I sat sipping a beer in the Garden which backs onto an area of dense woodland the unmistakable melodic babble of a returning nightingale crept out of the undergrowth. We have a stable population in some of the local woods along with pied fly catchers, redstarts and my favourite summer visitor the wood warbler. Sadly the linnets nest in the honey suckle has been absolutely ravaged by a Crow that crept under the Radar and I rescued the two remaining eggs from thick undergrowth at the bottom of the shrub and these are being sat on by a friends broody Bengalese finch. Don't worry Defra will be informed and the birds will be captive rung ( if they hatch which I doubt ) bootiful....crows mysteriously fall out of trees around here too but not often enough Hey, my fave summer visitors are the willow and garden warbler with a close third the blackcap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisherman Mike Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 bootiful....crows mysteriously fall out of trees around here too but not often enough Hey, my fave summer visitors are the willow and garden warbler with a close third the blackcap May I ask what camera and lens combo you use please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Underdog Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 May I ask what camera and lens combo you use please Nowt fancy Mike. It is a bridge camera, Nikon L820 30xoptical zoom. Quite limited really! U. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedd-wyn Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Excellent pictures well done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camokid Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 dont think iv seen one... nice little dainty bird very attractive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strangford wildfowler Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 Weldone Underdog a great conservaation achievement from the aid of your love of shooting, keep at them magpies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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