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  1. Snowy Owl

    Snowy Owl

    Golden hour time with a snowy owl.
  2. Redwing

    Redwing

    Redwing
  3. Great Cormorant

    Great Cormorant

    Great Cormorant
  4. Song Thrush

    Song Thrush

    Song Thrush
  5. European Robin

    European Robin

    European Robin
  6. Treecreeper

    Treecreeper

    Treecreeper
  7. Cooled feet

    Cooled feet

    3 Robin in the garden together and no fighting? I am spoiled for robin photos in the snow now after today
  8. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Eurasian Sparrowhawk ( male ) Shame about the pesky branch .
  9. Eurasian Blackcap

    Eurasian Blackcap

    Eurasian Blackcap
  10. Ring-necked Parakeet

    Ring-necked Parakeet

    Ring-necked Parakeet , a noisy recent addition to my garden , thankfully on it's own ,for now.
  11. Goldcrest

    Goldcrest

    Goldcrest
  12. Secretarybird

    Secretarybird

    Another bird we managed to get with an Elephant backdrop in Namibia - the Elephants are so obliging, and I love the pose this Secretarybird gave us !
  13. Blue Waxbill

    Blue Waxbill

    It took me a while to get used to the blue on these cute little birds - they just don't have an exotic shape to go with the colour !
  14. Into The Setting Sun

    Into The Setting Sun

    Birds flying towards the setting sun have always fascinated me. It is ever such a sight to behold. Here, cattle egrets fly off into the sunset after feeding in the fields.
  15. Little Bee-eater

    Little Bee-eater

    It would have been wonderful to see these on a sunny day, but every time we saw them it was overcast !
  16. Jackal Buzzard

    Jackal Buzzard

    Another wonderful chap that wasn't bothered by us, we sat so long there that we ended up leaving before he did !
  17. Black-headed Heron

    Black-headed Heron

    This wonderful Heron wasn't at all bothered by us so we were able to sit with him for a long time
  18. Pied Kingfisher

    Pied Kingfisher

    While staying on the Chobe River there was a pair of these very busy little birds that had their hunting patch right in front of our tent, so we had hours of fun watching them
  19. White-fronted Bee-eater

    White-fronted Bee-eater

    We were lucky enough to be right next to a colony of these beauties when out on a river looking for Hippos - it was a riot of colour even in the bad light !
  20. Ostrich

    Ostrich

    I loved the double pose with the Elephant here !
  21. Hawfinch

    Hawfinch

    Hawfinch , a closer shot ,this time in my local patch .
  22. African Grey Hornbill

    African Grey Hornbill

    We are used to seeing the Yellow-billed Hornbill in the Northern Cape, but I hadn't seen an African Grey Hornbill until we were in Namibia, where they were a common sight
  23. Pygmy Falcon

    Pygmy Falcon

    The smallest falcon on the African continent, these tiny raptors are only about 20cm long and not always easy to spot !
  24. Southern Carmine Bee-eater

    Southern Carmine Bee-eater

    These beautiful little birds excavate tunnels in the river banks and flood plains where they lay their eggs - a colony is quite a sight ! Namibia/Botswana border, October 2017
  25. Hawfinch

    Hawfinch

    Hawfinch A record shot ,as these birds are very timid when they visit the UK .A lot have arrived this year ,but they are just as flighty.
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