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2016
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Shoveler male
I loved the setting for this Shoveler with the emergent flowering bog bean (well I think it's bog bean). They don't often come that close to the hide so I got lucky. Would you believe, going through the images for that day; I found a better picture of the Wood Sandpiper!!!! grrr- delia todd
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- 2016 angus fuji finepix hs50 kinnordy kirriemuir male march scotland shoveler spatula clypeata
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Common Gull
Unusually, there appeared to be more Common Gulls than Black-headed Gulls at that time and for a while they'd even taken over the nesting raft. I was really rather pleased with the result of the flight shot and couldn't believe how much detail the camera picked up for the distance.- delia todd
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- 2016 angus common gull flight fuji finepix hs50 kinnordy larus canus may scotland
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A Kinnordy scarcity
Going through my pictures, I came to a series with a wader I couldn't immediately identify, nor remember seeing at the time. I'd actually been trying to take the bird on the left, to see if a closer view would ID it (I'm prepared to be corrected, but the only ID I can come up with is a...- delia todd
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- 2016 angus calidris alpina dunlin fuji finepix hs50 kinnordy may scotland
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Put some effort into it then!!!
I was watching this swan when he suddenly decided to take off.... I'm sure it was nothing I said to him though!- delia todd
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- 2016 angus cygnus olor flight fuji finepix hs50 may mute swan take off. kinnordy scotland
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Coot
Another bird that doesn't often get that close to the hide, though they do a little more regularly than their distant cousins, the Moorhen. And another dark-faced bird, that didn't really turn his head quite right for the light, though I can see his eye a little if I blow it up.- delia todd
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- 2016 angus coot fuji finepix hs50 fulica atra kinnordy may scotland
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Shoveler male
Shovelers are often seen at Kinnordy, but rarely giving such close views as this guy did, so I don't often manage to get a picture of them (well at least not one worth posting! They're one of my favourite ducks, as they always seem to be smiling!- delia todd
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- 2016 angus fuji finepix hs50 kinnordy kirriemuir male may northern shoveler scotland
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Saturday Fun .....
.... or Headless ... and guess the species. I did promise you this picture some time ago and rather forgot it. Taken in May last year on that wonderful trip to the Lunga, an island off the West Coast of Scotland.- delia todd
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- 2016 anthus petrosus fuji finepix hs50 exr lunga may rock pipit saturday fun treshnish island
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Third time lucky
They sat on the shed roof for so long I sort of stopped pressing the shutter, apart from odd clicks here and there. When suddenly one of them flew the short gap to the house... missed it. Got ready for the next one.... didn't go, didn't go, stopped clicking..... went!!! Got ready for number...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie december flight fuji finepix hs50 exr garden pavo cristatus peacock flight pertshire scotland
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The bruisers return
These guys obvious escape from a local 'big house' in the area and go wandering round the town. They landed on the shed in my neighbour's garden and even at that distance they look huge. I first saw them in the area about 2009.... then nothing until the summer of last year, then another visit...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie december fuji finepix hs50 exr garden pavo cristatus peacock perthshire scotland
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Waxwing Parliament
Sorry.... couldn't keep away from them in the end. Maybe not the greatest of Waxwing pictures, but I rather like it. Typical parliament.... half of them not at all interested in the discussion LOL TTTW- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie bohemian waxwing bombycilla garrulus fuji finepix hs50 november perthshire scotland tttw waxwing group. garden
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Lots of them
After my previous picture they all disappeared, only to re-appear in a tree (this is actually 2 streets up but visible over the roof of my neighbour). They and Starlings like that tree. I can't see it all, due to a chimney, but it gives you some idea of the number we had that day - there were...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie bohemian waxwing bombycilla garrulus fuji finepix hs50 november perthshire scotland tttw waxwing flock
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Saturday Fun......
...... or Three Lollipops ... or I couldn't think of a better title - I'm sure you lot can though. Couldn't resist this picture for SF, with the three delightful Long-tailed Tits stuffing themselves.- delia todd
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- 2016 aegithalos caudatus angus february fuji finepix hs50 exr kinnordy long-tailed tit saturday fun scotland
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Waxwing
I did get more opportunities with these beauties the next day, when they settled in trees in the neighbouring garden but too close for me to open the window. So this is sideways through the double-glazing, never good for picture quality.... and there was another intervening tree too...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie bohemian waxwing bombycilla garrulus fuji finepix hs50 garden november perthshire scotland tttw waxwing
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I got some too!!
Such beautiful winter visitors; they first turned up within site of my sitting room window, in poor light of course with the sun behind! Then they all flew off. I had to go shopping so took my camera in case I managed to find them again. And there they were in my car park!!! There were some...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie bohemian waxwing bombycilla garrulus car park. fuji finepix hs50 november perthshire scotland waxwings
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Little Grebe with Tufty friends
By the time we got to Forfar Loch, the sun was low and directly in front of us, not the best of timing I suppose! So I'm sorry for the quality of this picture, but you can at least make out the Dabchick.- delia todd
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- 2016 angus forfar loch little grebe oc tober scot land scottish bash tachybaptus ruficollis tufted duck
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Kingfisher
At the west end of the nature park, there's a screen hide with viewing slots (few of them my height of course I need to either grow a couple of inches or lose a couple LOL )! It was well worth the effort though, as one of the first birds spotted was this pretty Kingfisher - it's ages since...- delia todd
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- 2016 alcedo atthis alcedo atthis ispida angus dundee fuji finepix hs50 ispida kingfisher october riverside nature park scotland scottish bash
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Song Thrush
The answer to yesterday's quiz. You hopeless lot... none of you got it right LOL Blue Tits I get every day.... and I can't see any 'blue' on him. Don't see any yellow for a Siskin.. but that would have fitted for 'less common'. Wren would also have fitted for 'less common'. Tree Sparrow? I...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie december fuji finepix hs50 garden perthshire scotland song thrush turdus philomelos
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Happy Christmas to you all
I hope you all have a lovely time over the holidays and have a great New Year too. Many thanks to you, my friends, for the kind support and lovely comments on my images through the year. What a lovely bunch of people you all are. These Waxwings made a very welcome early visit to my part of...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie bohemian waxwing bombycilla garrulus fuji finepix hs50 merry christmas. waxwing. garden november perthshire scotland tttw
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Saturday fun.......
.... or... This was going to be There's Always One ... but by the time I'd clicked, the middle one decided to have a snooze, so rather spoilt that little joke. Over to you for a suitable title now LOL This group suddenly appeared in the neighbour's garden yesterday afternoon and had a wander...- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie december fuji finepix hs50 exr garden pavo cristatus peacock perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Female Mallard and...
.... LOL it wasn't until I was preparing this picture to upload here that I saw the Chaffinch in the corner!!! Missing in the previous frame and the following one! Doesn't it look like she's trying to escape from prison!! TTTW Think I saw a few Waxwings back this morning, but its so dark, and...- delia todd
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- 2016 anaz platyrhynchos chaffinch dunkeld female fringilla coelebs fuji finepix hs50 loch of the lowes mallard october perthshire scotland
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Saturday fun......
..... or Copying Osprey Moves I showed you a young Great Crested Grebe the other day, well the last couple of shots he was diving, or trying to. This is rather how an Osprey looks when he's coming out from a dive for fish. I think he needs to practise this a bit more before he's reached the...- delia todd
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- 2016 august dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 great crested grebe loch of the lowes perthshire podiceps cristatus saturday fun scotland
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Juvenile Great Crested Grebe
This one seems to have become quite independent, as the only adult (who I showed you the other day) was at some distance. Nice to see them growing up, isn't it..... even if he wouldn't come close!- delia todd
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- 2016 august dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 great crested grebe juvenile/immature loch of the lowes perthshire podiceps cristatus scotland
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Great Crested Grebe
Loch of the Lowes is generally the only place I see these guys, though this year they have moved to another loch too. Wish they'd come a bit closer to the hide though LOL - this is a biiig crop!- delia todd
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- 2016 august dunkeld fuji finepix hs50 great crested grebe loch of the lowes perthshire podiceps cristatus scotland
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Saturday fun.....
....... or Photo Bomber ....... or Exocet Missile I've no idea how I did this.... but boy he must have been moving fast. There was another Long-tailed tit behind him, that I was actually photographing LOL- delia todd
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- 2016 aegithalos caudatus angus february fuji finepix hs50 exr kinnordy long-tailed tit saturday fun scotland
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Mr Snowy
I had a new Blackbird visiting in July - not seen him since though. But a few days ago I had one with even more white, but didn't manage a picture. The Waxwings were still around yesterday, but the light was awful! TTTW- delia todd
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- 2016 blairgowrie eurasian blackbird fuji finepix hs50 garden july leucism perthshire scotland tttw turdus merula
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