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Eurasian Magpie
Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John- Jonno52
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- 1bb eurasian magpie london uk pica pica uk united kingdom
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Redwing
Taken a few days ago. The news this morning (Sunday) is that opening the curtains revealed a winter wonderland, with heavy snow falling. Snow this far south could mean it will be a "Fieldfare year". Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John- Jonno52
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- london uk redwing turdus iliacus
- Comments: 16
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Steppin' out SF
Heavy crop in poor light: 1/160th at ISO 2000 hasn't quite frozen the right foot. It was a very pleasant surprise to see the bird feeding in the pool of rainwater on our electricity substation roof. Grey Wagtails have frequented the same place in the past, so my ambition is to get a shot of both...- Jonno52
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- london uk motacilla alba yarelii pied wagtail
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Hello, anyone at home? SF (a day early)
To be honest, I forgot what day it is! Having got this far, I'm posting it anyway :) See you in the morning all. John- Jonno52
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- blue tit cyanistes caeruleus london uk
- Comments: 12
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Blue Tit
To my eye this looks rather as if the bird has been pasted on to the background from another file. It hasn't! Just a trick of the light. Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John- Jonno52
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- blue tit cyanistes caeruleus london uk
- Comments: 15
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Eurasian Jay
Thanks for the kind comments on the Herring Gull. This Jay was 56 yards away, so quite a heavy crop and a slightly soft image (I don't like sharpening too much these days). The bird was on a big tree I call the Far Pine, which does get some good birds, including Sparrowhawks and (in winter)...- Jonno52
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- eurasian jay garrulus glandarius london uk
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European Herring Gull
This is the bird I posted a different shot of last November. It flew very close past my window, none have been quite so obliging since. Perhaps a 2nd-winter, I could be wrong. See you in the morning folks. Stay safe and well. John- Jonno52
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- european herring gull larus argentatus argenteus london uk
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Redwing
Until 10 January this year, when three Redwings appeared on a distant tree, the last time I'd seen one was in February 2019 (ie there were none at all last winter). Several birds, including this one, were much closer this morning, albeit in poor light. Thank you for your comments on my...- Jonno52
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- london uk redwing turdus iliacus
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Pied Wagtail
The Pied Wagtail of 29 December showed again on 8 January, a little further off but allowing shots from a more conventional angle (albeit in poor light, ISO 2000). It looks like a female. My mobility being a problem, I've seen the species only three times since 2015 (though on each occasion it's...- Jonno52
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- london uk motacilla alba yarrellii pied (white) wagtail
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Common Wood Pigeons
I took about 30 shots of these birds, but this will be the third and last for the Gallery. Happy New Year all! We can but hope. (After uploading this, I noticed you can see the head and eye of the male).- Jonno52
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- common wood pigeon columba palumbus london uk
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Friendly Carrion Crow
Thank you for the kind comments on the Pied Wagtail. This, from 10 days ago, was the third date on which a Carrion Crow chose to perch right outside my open window and pose for photographs at almost point blank range. The bird certainly knew I was there, and wasn't bothered. It would be nice to...- Jonno52
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- carrion crow corvus corone london uk
- Comments: 10
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Common Wood Pigeons
No way of avoiding that pesky branch in the way, but you get the idea. Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John- Jonno52
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- common wood pigeon columba palumbus london uk
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Common Wood Pigeons
The first of a series...- Jonno52
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- common wood pigeon columba palumbus london uk
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Feral pigeon SF
Heavy crop, a fairly distant bird. Possibly not the most beautiful or interesting of species, but I thought this one looked rather charming in its own way (it may look rather oversharpened, but in fact I applied less sharpening than usual). They're fast fliers: this was taken at 1/4000th...- Jonno52
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- columba livia domestica feral pigeon london uk
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Grey Wagtail
From my third floor flat there's a view onto a small electricity substation with a flat roof. Until 2015, pools of rainwater would collect there, and in winter this sometimes attracted Grey Wagails (they would feed on invertebrates in the water). Once they discovered this place, they tended to...- Jonno52
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- grey wagtail (motacilla cinerea) london uk
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Common Gull (Mew Gull)
The is the first time I've photographed a perched Common Gull since starting DSLR photography (I might have taken pics of them back in the days of SLR, can't remember). It's another long distance shot from my open widow, on a misty day: the bird was 115 yards (105 metres) away. It was with two...- Jonno52
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- common gull larus canus london uk
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European Herring Gull
Not sure of the age of this bird, best guess 2nd-winter. Once again I'm way behind on my browsing, and need to catch up with what you've all been doing tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, thank you for your comments, and stay safe and well. John- Jonno52
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- herring gull larus argentatus argenteus london uk
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Black-headed Gull
Thank you for your comments on my pictures, stay safe and well, and good birding! John- Jonno52
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- black-headed gull chroicocephalus ridibundus london uk
- Comments: 16
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Great Tit
Some of the smaller passerines in Hyde Park are very confiding - many visitors feed them with peanuts. Give a whistle, hold out your hand with a nut on it and a Blue Tit or a Great Tit will probably land and take it...this Great Tit was almost too close to focus on.- firecrest15
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- great tit parus major newtoni hyde park london uk
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Northern Wheatear
Nice to capture this male Northern Wheatear in Hyde Park today, a very scarce spring passage migrant in central London. That's a London taxi in the background.- firecrest15
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- london uk northern wheatear oenanthe oenanthe oenanthe hyde park
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Common Gadwall female
And the object of desire...- firecrest15
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- gadwall female hyde park london uk
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White-winged Black Tern
Over Serpentine Lake, Hyde Park this morning.- firecrest15
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- london uk white-winged black tern chlidonias leucopterus hyde park
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