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2020

  1. If I turn my back

    If I turn my back

    ,,, maybe she'll think I'm not really interested! It does rather look like the Blue Tit has lost interest in that feeder, doesn't it.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie blue tit chaffinch female craighall cyanistes caeruleus fringilla coelebs june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. Covering his modesty

    Covering his modesty

    I was so delighted to see this Red Squirrel that I couldn't resist showing you another picture of him. And a picture I thought where he gave me a really cute pose.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie craighall june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire red squirrel sciurus vulgaris scotland
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  3. If I'd known you were coming

    If I'd known you were coming

    .... I'd have brought more nuts LOL What a surprise that was. OK we do have more Red Squirrels in the area, actually only seen one grey in all these years. But I just didn't expect one here at the new feeding station. You've got to love them, haven't you.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie craighall june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire red squirrel sciurus vulgaris scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Wild Mammals
  4. That's close enough

    That's close enough

    Jackdaws are always fun to watch, and attractive corvids too. I'm always pleased to see them arrive. These two were on top of my neighbour's roof.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie corvus monedula eurasian jackdaw garden june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Fly in

    Fly in

    We were looking around us trying to find a Yellowhammer that was singing, when something flew from across the new road and landed in the top of a tree about a hundred yards up the road. I couldn't make it out in my bins... just a blob and the light was wrong. So with the help of my friend's...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie chaffinch craighall fringilla coelebs june male nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. Still singing

    Still singing

    Then I went off on the Willow Warbler hunt again and was so pleased to find him in more or less the same place, but in a different tree this time.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie craighall june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire phylloscopus trochilus scotland willow warbler
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  7. Spotty

    Spotty

    I didn't really expect to see one of these woodpeckers, though always hopeful of course. And there he suddenly was in the trees having a look about before going to the nut feeder. So pleased to see him, as they don't come into the garden where I live.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie craighall dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. At last

    At last

    I've chased Willow Warblers all over the place and they've always been inaccessible. Just got a couple of pictures of them over the years. Hear them everywhere, but just can't see them. But there I was concentrating on the birds at the new feeders when their pretty song gradually infiltrated...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie craighall june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire phylloscopus trochilus scotland willow warbler
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. You're too close

    You're too close

    I was taking a picture of the front gull on my neighbour's roof when the second gull appeared much to the discomfiture of number 1. The newcomer didn't appear to be obeying the new social distancing rules!
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie garden herring gull larus argentatus march nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland tttw
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  10. Another with Mother

    Another with Mother

    .... and still they came. This time in the beech hedge and mother looking after him. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie fledgling garden house sparrow june nikon coolpix p900 passer domesticus perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. A first

    A first

    This was the very first time I'd seen an adult bring a youngster to the window feeder... and not just one but there were 3 of them!
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie fledgling house sparrow may nikon coolpix p900 passer domesticus perthshire scotland window feeder
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. Riparian Autumn 2020

    Riparian Autumn 2020

    Some of you may recall my project to record the state of Autumn colours on the river footpath, which I do at the end of October each year. Unfortunately I was away this time last year so a year is missing. Here's links to the previous years of you're interested to compare...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie perthshire riparian autumn project river
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Landscapes
  13. First of the fledglings

    First of the fledglings

    Mid may and here were the first fledglings I'd seen so far. Two little House Sparrows waiting patiently. The adults were on the ground below getting seeds that I'd thrown out. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie fledgling garden house sparrow may nikon coolpix p900 passer domesticus perthshire scotland tttw
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. Indecisive

    Indecisive

    Back at home for this one. A Wood Pigeon on the neighbour's shed roof. Well it's actually a lean-too under which they store wood. While I was away on my long holiday, they put the tarpaulin over the end, which has the effect of stopping one of the local cats sitting on top of the wood and...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie columba palumbas common wood pigeon garden may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  15. My turn

    My turn

    A second after my picture yesterday, this happened!! Think I was as surprised as the Jackdaw!! So couldn't resist showing it for my Saturday Fun entry on the absolutely ghastly day!! TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie corvus monedula garden herring gull jackdaw larus argentatus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Finishing up

    Finishing up

    This Jackdaw seems to have missed the main breakfast event, just arriving in time to clear up what had been left by the hordes of Starlings and Sparrows etc. TTTW
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie corvus monedula eurasian jackdaw garden nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. Concentrating

    Concentrating

    We'd hit a fine spell of weather in April and here I was back down on the river walk. And here was a cheeky wee Robin ready to greet me at the beginning of the path.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie erithacus rubecula european robin nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  18. Swimmer

    Swimmer

    Peering down over the bank in a gap between the trees (it's the height of at least a couple of double-decker buses), there was a Herring Gull having a swim in some shallow water.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie herring gull larus argentatus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 12
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  19. Canopied

    Canopied

    It looks like this Blue Tit was trying to get into some shade, but without success LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie blue tit cyanistes caeruleus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Done my best...

    Done my best...

    ... to try and bring out the colours on this Greenfinch. This was the first Greenfinch I'd seen in many years here and when I was walking along the river path, could hear him calling from a tree beside the road (turned out it was the other side of the road, when I scramble my way to try and see...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie european greenfinch nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. Practising

    Practising

    Back at home I spotted a Herring Gull flying around and he was quite nice to me really, for instead of a quick fly through he turned and came back passing by even closer! So here's one of them, taken through the open window.... yeah, even had time to do that LOL
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie flight herring gull larus argentatus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland tttw
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Pottering around the rocks

    Pottering around the rocks

    Down the slope from the thrush, I get to look across the river, at a patch where I've always seen Dippers, but not today. Over there was a Carrion Crow meandering around looking for bits in the crevices. I've hardly had to crop this picture, the Nikon camera has such a good zoom on it...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie carrion crow corvus corone nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river scotland
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Mr Patchy

    Mr Patchy

    For a few weeks in the Spring this Jackdaw entertained me... but goodness he could be quick across that roof, the number of times he'd disappear out of view just as I was about to click LOL. This was the first Jackdaw I'd seen with white feathers.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie corvus monedula eurasian jackdaw nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  24. Roadside

    Roadside

    Another walk I did took me more into the country than the varying 'round the block' ones. This was along the road towards Dunkeld the hedgerow alongside a field I found this male House Sparrow.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie house sparrow nikon coolpix p900 passer domesticus perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  25. Lockdown walkabout

    Lockdown walkabout

    During Lockdow we were only allowed an hour's exercise a day, so I used to go out round the local streets, taking a different circuit each day. This particular day the weather wasn't great but I took my camera anyway, just in case. On the other side of the road, was two lots of houses and a...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie corvus frugilegus corvus monedula eurasian jackdaw march nikon coolpix p900 rook
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
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