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blairgowrie
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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
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- 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
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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
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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
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- 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
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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
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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Young ones
On our way up to the Patch towards the end of September we found a few Barn Swallows on the overhead wires. From this picture it looks like there's two ages of youngsters here... the one on the left looks far more advanced than the one on the right?- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie drimmie hirunda rustica nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland september
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Gone missing
When I pulled the curtains back one September morning, my first thought was... "what on earth has happened to the top seed tray. Took me a few minutes to spot it. Funnily enough, same thing this morning. Who is vandalising my feeding station? Anyway can you spot the missing seed tray. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie garden feeder lost dish nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland september
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Another farewell
This Red Squirrel had been a constant visitor for a few years at the Craighall feeders (at least I think it was the same one). Sadly this was the last time we saw him in mid July. So both the squirrels have gone and so far nothing has moved in to replace them at either feeding station.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie craighall july nikon coolpix p900 perthshire red squirrel sciurus vulgaris scotland
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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Just can't get at it!!!
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was exploring a treehole with some determination. Guess there was something good to get at LOL Saturday fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker july mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Balancing
Off up to my Patch again. Didn't see much but had quite a bit sitting on wires as we approached. First was a Meadow Pipit, giving a rather nice pose. Sorry, I just completely forgot that yesterday was Saturday!- delia todd
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- 2023 anthus pratensis august blairgowrie drimmie meadow pipit nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland up the hill
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Like dipping for apples
This Wood Pigeon decided he'd stand on the feeder tray in order to reach the hanging seed feeder... plenty in the tray of course LOL. However, as he touched the feeder it swung away from him, much to his consternation!!- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie columba palumbas common wood pigeon nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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"Now that looks too big for you"
A young, but growing up fast, Robin has picked up a little suet nugget, but it looks rather large for his mouth. He did drop it a couple of shots later and looked as if he really wasn't sure about it LOL. The first picture I've taken of a young one for what seems like a very long time...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie erithacus rubecula european robin mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Not very tuneful
On our way Up the Hill there were some young Barn Swallows on the overhead wires, which we stopped to photograph. In the past I'd have struggled to get them all in as there were so many. So jam-packed in it was impossible to count them. This time the struggle was because they're so spaced out...- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie drimmie hirunda rustica nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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Why on earth did I
Take a picture of some sheep dung? Took me ages to realise I'd actually managed to get a bird in the shot. This was taken up on my Patch last month. Can you spot it and name it for a bonus point? Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 august blairgowrie drimmie nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Farewell visit
The last day of June and this was the last time we have seen the Red Squirrel at the feeders. At first I thought they might have young to raise, but they've still not been back. Much the same story at the other feeding station, no sign of one there either, for rather longer too. I rather fear...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie june mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire red sqirrel sciurus vulgaris scotland
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- Category: Wild Mammals
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A tight squeeze
I just managed to squeeze the camera through a gap between a peanut feeder on the left and a large post on the right to get this picture of a juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker. Both the feeder and post were well out of focus but I had enough pixels to be able to crop them out. This was one of...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker great spotted woodpecker juvenile june mause perthshire scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe