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  1. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Heavy crop. I wasn't set up for birds in flight, grabbed a few shots while it was still there. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
  2. Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtail

    On 3 December, I posted a shot of this bird in the same place, on our substation parapet, looking immaculately groomed. A fraction of a second later, it gave itself a good shake, allowing this last one before flying off. Looking at its rear end, is that grey mass poop, on its way to join the...
  3. European Herring Gull

    European Herring Gull

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
  4. European Herring Gulls

    European Herring Gulls

    A bit distant (348 ft) but they're big birds, so not heaviest of crops. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
  5. Great Tit

    Great Tit

    On the substation roof last year. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
  6. European Goldfinch

    European Goldfinch

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well, and good birding! John
  7. Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Female bird. I wondered if it was carrying the snipped-off stem as material for lining a nest hole. Google gave no clear answer, but while searching I found a paper in the academic journal Current Zoology, which is worth quoting: "The rose-ringed parakeet Psittacula krameri is one of the most...
  8. Black-headed Gull

    Black-headed Gull

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  9. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Extremely heavy crop, fairly extreme sharpening. The shutter speed, aperture and ISO make no sense for a flight shot, but I'd been photographing perched Redwings and there was no time to change things when this Sparrowhawk suddenly appeared in the distance. Thank you for your comments, stay...
  10. Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Thanks very much for the comments on the flight shot of this bird. I've no idea what the orange berries are, but the parakeet seems to like them, or at least think them worth checking out. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  11. Rose-ringed Parakeet

    Rose-ringed Parakeet

    I still don't quite know what I think about these preposterous parrots, but they're thriving, colourful, and here to stay. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  12. Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Lesser Black-backed Gull

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  13. Eurasian (Common) Chiffchaff

    Eurasian (Common) Chiffchaff

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  14. Redwing

    Redwing

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  15. European Robin

    European Robin

    Maybe a bit overexposed. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  16. Great Tit

    Great Tit

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  17. European Herring Gull

    European Herring Gull

    I guess this is a second or third-winter Herring Gull L.a.argenteus. It's rather unhelpful that all the ID books ("Collins" etc) depict gulls in flight almost exclusively from above :-( Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  18. Black-headed Gull

    Black-headed Gull

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  19. Grey Wagtail

    Grey Wagtail

    On the substation roof. Thank you for your comments, stay well, and good birding! John
  20. Carrion Crow

    Carrion Crow

    Feasting on lichen. Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  21. Eurasian Blackcap

    Eurasian Blackcap

    Thank you for your comments, stay safe and well. John
  22. Redwing

    Redwing

    Every year these birds arrive here in Inner London in good numbers, and for three weeks or so they seem to be everywhere. Then they vanish, off to find habitat they can settle in for the winter, and I'll see none until the same time next year. Quote from The Wildlife Trusts: "Classified in the...
  23. Great Tit

    Great Tit

    On the substation rainwater pool back in January, when there was a good depth of water and a variety of birds chose to bathe there. Thank you for your comments, and Happy New Year! John
  24. Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    Eurasian Sparrowhawk

    One of the resident Carrion Crows taking exception to its airspace being invaded by a Sparrowhawk. The agile hawk easily outmanoevred the crow, but neither was going to give up, and they posed for a series of shots chasing each other around the sky, albeit against the light in overcast...
  25. Redwing

    Redwing

    On the substation rainwater pool. Thank you for your comments, stay well, and good birding! John
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