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  1. 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.
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    • 2020 april blairgowrie erithacus rubecula european robin nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  2. 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
  3. Canopied

    Canopied

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

    Between twigs

    Another day and here was another of my hoped for Lockdown ticks on the river walk. I love these guys, they're so handsome I think, how I managed to get him framed in there just don't ask, as I've no clue LOL
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie common merganser goosander perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  5. Where's everyone gone

    Where's everyone gone

    I don't have these here all the year, usually a pair will come for a few weeks in the spring and then again in the autumn/winter (still waiting). This guy seems to be wondering why he's on his own though... perhaps he doesn't realise that all the birds have now been, eaten all the food, and...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie eurasian collared dove garden perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  6. 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
  7. A good job...

    A good job...

    ... I got some practise in the previous day!! Suddenly, through a gap in the trees lining the river I spotted a fly-over Buzzard (I'd moments before heard him call so had looked up in hop!) Not the greatest of flight shots I admit, but he was pretty high and this is a huge crop.
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie common buzzard perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  8. Another potterer

    Another potterer

    Another day along the river and in the same place as the Crow I showed you the other day was an Oystercatcher.
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie eurasian oystercatcher perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  9. 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
  10. Blue-green

    Blue-green

    A couple of days later I was walking along the river again and got one of my targets for the Lockdown list in a Mallard. This one showing the more unusual bluish iridescence on his head.
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie mallard perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  11. On a fallen tree

    On a fallen tree

    Making my way back to the car there's a section that suffered badly with erosion a couple of years ago, the bank slid away, taking some safety fencing with it along with some trees. I saw something flutter down onto the trunk and quickly realised it was a Wren, managing a couple of quick shots...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie eurasian wren perthshire river ericht scotland
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  12. 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
  13. Spotty

    Spotty

    Back in the early weeks of lockdown I'd go to our local supermarket for the OAP hour three times a week, then add on my exercise time to it before going home. Tesco is very close to the river, so I'd walk along that path with my camera to see what was around. This particular morning, in a...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie perthshire scotland song thrush
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  14. 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
  15. Migrating

    Migrating

    I've never seen Oystercatchers on top of the sheltered housing complex before, various other species but not them. Sometimes I hear these calling in the middle of the night as they fly over during early Spring and presume they're off to the moors for breeding. So I guess these two have just...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie eurasian oystercatcher perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  16. Chaffie

    Chaffie

    A few yards further along from the Sparrow I found a rather handsome Chaffinch in another of the bushes. I've got rather behind with things now.... blooming laptop (or the internet or Windows)... all conspired against me and it's taken me over two hours to get sorted. I'll try and catch up later.
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie fringilla coelebs male common chaffinch scotland
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Canoodling

    Canoodling

    It's going to seem strange posting my local birds rather than the lovely Oz exotics. Though I will occasionally post some views, just to remind me of some lovely times. This is one from back in the spring when we'd been in lockdown for about a week. These two pigeons must have been in the same...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie columba palumbas common wood pigeon garden march nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  20. Social Distancing

    Social Distancing

    I thought I'd show you one from home before starting the next section of my holiday. This was just a week or two before Coronavirus lockdown started and it appears the Herring Gulls had already got the message, doesn't it.
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie garden herring gull larus argentatus march nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland tttw
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  21. He lost his balance

    He lost his balance

    Just as I was about to shoot... He was walking along the ridge of the shed roof when a foot slipped... up went his wings and the foot that had slipped! Some birds manage to cope with that roof quite well, but others seem to slip and slide all over it. A winter plumaged Herring Gull for my...
    • delia todd
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    • 2020 blairgowrie garden herring gull larus argentatus march nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland tttw winter plumage
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  22. Jaywalker

    Jaywalker

    I was just going back to my car after a wander along the river, when I spotted this Crow quietly ambling across the road. While not a very busy road, as it would be in towns further south, it's usually busy enough with a recycle centre Tesco, Post Office sorting centre, and a lot of small and...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie jaywalker lockdown saturday fun
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Britain & Europe
  23. Ciara

    Ciara

    The view from my window at lunchtime today, during the ummm. .. think it was the 4th snow fall of the day. This lot lay. We've had several more falls since then and it's snowing again, now, as it gets dark. I can usually see beyond that tree to the hills at the back, so visibility is pretty...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie garden storm ciara
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Landscapes
  24. Hot off the press

    Hot off the press

    ... or rather cold, of course. Just taken this out of my window.... quite serious stuff, but at least it isn't windy just now.
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie february snow garden
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Landscapes
  25. A first

    A first

    One night I saw this moth high up on the kitchen wall. Never seen one so dark and big before and got it identified as a Dark Arches in the forum. A lifer for me, one which I'd never heard of before. It had disappeared in the morning. I'm off out all day today to fetch my brother and sister...
    • delia todd
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    • blairgowrie dark arches july kitchen
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
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