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2023
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Pensive
Rather dull light on the afternoon of the last day of 2023. So this picture of our Robin was rather tricky.- delia todd
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- 2023 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie december eurasian robin european robin mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
- Comments: 9
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Christmas present
Christmas eve found us back at the Mause feeders. Couldn't believe my eyes when this Eurasian Magpie called in for his dinner! It had been nearly a year since we'd caught sight of one there (back in February!). What a lovely Christmas present eh! They're still such a rarity here.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie december eurasian magpie mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire pica pica scotland
- Comments: 11
- Category: Britain & Europe
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When you can't understand the instructions
Back in the autumn we went for a drive in the hills between Blairgowrie and Dunkeld. We stopped at a place where we'd seen Kites in the Spring. He thought he could see something in the trees way up on the hill. I couldn't work out where he meant. I said "do you mean in the birch trees or the...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie nikon coolpix p900 november over forneth perthshire saturday fun scotland
- Comments: 5
- Category: Landscapes
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Rather monotone
The colour of the water didn't really strike me at the time, I just thought it was nice looking at the two Mallard swimming across the loch. End of November did seem rather early to be pairing up though LOL- delia todd
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- 2023 anas platyrhynchos angus kinnordy rspb reserve kirriemuir mallard mallard male and female nikon coolpix p900 november scotland
- Comments: 9
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Reducing
The December visits to the Craighall feeders had been showing fewer and fewer Long-tailed Tits at the feeders until the last few have produced none at all.... surely it's a bit early for them to have paired up and started their breeding season?- delia todd
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- 2023 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie craighall long-tailed tit nikon coolpix p900 november perthshire scotland
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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New drinker
Down the road at the Craighall feeders; when we have an empty coconut, we put it atop the gate post (it has a bit of a hole at the top where the wood has rotted) and put some water in it (if I've got some in the car). Otherwise it might be some seeds. It wasn't there for long when a Coal Tit...- delia todd
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- 2023 birdwatching mode blairgowrie coal tit craighall nikon coolpix p900 november periparus ater perthshire scotland
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Is he back???
I showed you a Red Squirrel some months back, which was the last time we saw him in July. Then when we visited on the 24 November, there was one stuffing his face with peanuts. Oh how excited we were to see one back. Sadly we've not seen him since. So not a Saturday Fun one today. I thought...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie mause nikon coolpix p900 november perthshire red squirrel sciurus vulgaris scotland
- Comments: 7
- Category: Wild Mammals
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Not so big, big boy
They really can look large at times can't they. Great Tit are reliable regulars at the feeding station up at Mause (and the other one too, lower down), unlike at home where they've always been very occasional, though becoming a little more regular now, though very far from daily.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie great tit mause nikon coolpix p900 november parus major perthshire scotland
- Comments: 9
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Hmmm ... turns his back on a apple!
For some reason I thought today was Wednesday! Where that came from I don't know LOL. That would be why there's no SF picture this week - sorry. Today I've a Dunnock for you. It always makes my day to see one around and this one appeared on the shed roof in the garden. TTTW- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dunnock nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire prunella modularis scotland tttw
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas Chaffinch December 2023 A happy Chaffinch from my Mause feeders greets you this year. I hope you all enjoy the holiday.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie christmas 2023 common chaffinch mause merry christmas november perthshire scotland
- Comments: 16
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Isn't it nice....
.... when a Great Spotted Woodpecker gives you such a clear view of the nape so you can definitely ID it. So many of my pictures I end up searching through, blowing them up, getting the magnifying glass out, just to check whether I can see the teeniest weeniest bit of red!!! One of the pair...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker great spotted woodpecker male mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
- Comments: 9
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Sometimes it's just not fair
It was pouring with rain when we got to the Mause Feeders. There were some birds around stuffing their faces. We struggled on filling the feeders right to the top, getting wetter and wetter, thinking of hot coffee in the car. Eventually we were done. Sat in the car, window open, camera ready...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie mause mause feeding station october perthshire scotland
- Comments: 4
- Category: Landscapes
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The favourites with friends
Everybody loves Long-tailed Tits, so I can't resist photographing them when I catch them at the feeders. Just in case you're not sure, there's 4 and a bit of them, along with a Coal Tit and a Great Tit. Strangely we've not had them back at the Mause feeders up the hill this winter yet, even...- delia todd
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- 2023 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie coal tit craighall great tit long-tailed tit nikon coolpix p900 october parus major periparus ater perthshire scotland
- Comments: 7
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Balance beam
This Common Pheasant seems to be getting quite brave now - I've not seen him on the top rail before, the lower one once, but he usually reaches up to it to grab any spilt seed. Really not sure how he manages to keep his balance up there LOL. Back home now, hopefully the end of hospital visits...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie common pheasant mause october perthshire phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
- Comments: 11
- Category: Britain & Europe
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A woodie treat
It's not often I get two Great Spotted Woodpeckers in the picture, I think the female is a bit of a bully and he disappears as soon as he thinks she's around. If he doesn't get the message straight off she's at him and there's a bit of a chase round the trees!! They were a bit more comfortable...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
- Comments: 11
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Cock Fighting
One of our Sunday day's out we decided on Balintore Glen. A little over half way along, we'd stopped to watch a load of Red Kite flying around, when suddenly Ken spotted these two cock Pheasants. The were putting up quite a fight!! Got a great view of one of them and what it looks like under...- delia todd
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- 2023 angus balintore common pheasant nikon coolpix p900 october phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
- Comments: 9
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Coalie
How strange.... I did a look back through my Gallery and I don't seem to have shown you a picture of a Coal Tit yet from the Mause Feeders. So not before time I give you this... how could I have over-looked them for so long - those feeders have now been up a year!!- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie coal tit mause nikon coolpix p900 periparus ater perthshire scotland september
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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My tree
I spotted this picture on a scroll through some images last night and it so reminded me of the Sycamore Gap Tree beside Hadrian's Wall, which was vandalised by being completely chopped down one night in September. Such a shame for this iconic place. The National Trust are trying to decide what...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie drimmie perthshire saturday fun scotland the lochan tree up the hill
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- Category: Landscapes
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Who's a pretty boy then?
These male Common Pheasant really are so attractive when seen in their proper habitat, aren't they. This is a regular visitor to the Mause feeders, having a great time picking up what has fallen either by our clumsy hands or the habits of the birds who constantly drop seeds LOL.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie common pheasant mause nikon coolpix p900 october perthshire phasianus colchicus scotland
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Not impressed
A Mute Swan was play-acting beside a couple of mates... but they don't seem to be enjoying the fun as much as he was. A rather distant view at Kinnordy in September. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 angus cygnus olor kinnordy rspb reserve kirriemuir mute swan nikon coolpix p900 saturday fun scotland september
- Comments: 11
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Newly independent
Up at the Mause feeders in the middle of August, I found this juvenile European Robin. Doesn't seem too far off from showing his more adult plumage, does he. What a cutie he is.- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie erithacus rubecola european robin european robin juvenile mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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A nice reminder..
On the fence behind the car, so rather difficult to get at, was a sweet wee juvenile Northern Wheatear, still with a bit of a fluffy look. I thought I'd post this as a rather nice reminder of warmer summer days, which seem to be so far behind us and such a long way off into the future! It's 10...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie drimmie nikon coolpix p900 northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe perthshire saturday fun scotland
- Comments: 11
- Category: Britain & Europe
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We have lift off!
There was a large water bowl in the middle of the lawn and at one point it got surround by Red-capped Parrots. There was also much coming and going and I just manage to catch this male leaving the party!- delia todd
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- 2023 albany australia little grove nikon coolpix p900 november purpureicephalus spurius red-capped parrot red-capped parrot flight western australia
- Comments: 8
- Category: Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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First for a while
We got to the lochan on my patch and I found a couple of Tufted Duck enjoying themselves. It's a long time since I'd seen them there. They first bred there on my patch back in 2006. But after a few years they just seemed to stop coming.- delia todd
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- 2023 august aythya fuligula blairgowrie drimmie nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland tufted duck
- Comments: 8
- Category: Britain & Europe
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Nice deodorant this one
Wandering the country roads above Blairgowrie, I wondered what the blob was on top of a dead tree. Turned out to be a Common Starling, a juvenile changing into his winter spots. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie common starling drimmie perthshire saturday fun scotland sternus vulgaris
- Comments: 6
- Category: Britain & Europe