magpie.

One for Sorrow, not with this shot, caught just coming in to land.

The woodpecker makes his usual visit to my feeder and takes a walnut back to the tree to enjoy it in peace. Wrong. He was then attacked by three Magpies forcing him to drop the walnut which was very quickly retrieved by one of them. Just look at the smug look on that Magpies face. Just love this...

What other title could I have given to this photo. Perfect.

Just had a fly past of Magpies.

Now getting more confident and coming in closer.

Magpie close up, almost full frame.

Not an easy bird to get a decent photo at the best of times with the black head and eye. This time I managed to get the sunlight on both.

Not the easiest of birds to manage getting a photo but this is one from earlier this year.

one of a dozen which raids the feeders,

well my friends heres another pic from the bunting hide at penny flash,loads of these great birds on show giving great views,hope you like,john.

An infrequent two frames if I am lucky visitor. Not a Valentines Dy Maggie May I would fancy.LOL.

well folks do you recognise the perch,you guessed it the bunting hide again,the sun caught this fella at just the right time to show the colours in the tail,hope you like,john.

Not a bird that frequents the station always keeping a safe distance. Yesterday however it dropped in on this log which is ideal small bird distance from the hide. I have made no concessions to composition. So this is as it came out of the camera. Chopped of tail and legs, not ideal but I just...

welll folks another pic from my recent trip on the east coast,hope you like,john.

well folks as well as the bullfinches the bunting hide is a great place to see loads of mgpies,i think they use it as a playground,hope you like,john.

well my friends spotted loads of juvie birds in the garden yesterday so had to get some pics.and look who appeared for an easy meal this big fella,to my surprise i caught him on the fat ball feeder something i havent noticed before,hope you like this soggy stunner,cheers john.

I put out the feed yesterday. set myself up, pour a cup of tea and rolled a fag waiting for the birds to come back after my intrusion. Then low and behold what should glide was this Magpie, avery rare moment for the wood, manage three frames before it did a flyer.

well my friends i cant believe how close you get to these very wary birds from the bunting hide,theres allways a big gathering of them,from the background in this pic you can see how deep the water is in this usually dry area,hope you like,john.

well folks not only do the young sparrows have to contend with brief appearances from the sparrowhawk but these fellas dont make their lives any easier,hope you like,john.

I'll be back later with another juve picture (probably Sparrow, but I think the juve Starlings are about), but here's a Magpie from this morning for now. Through the window, and I could avoid the reflection this time, but you can only see it if you look for it (which you'll all do now that I've...

well folks i said there was loads on show in the bunting hide and these fellas give wonderful close views,hope you like,john.

See them around but very rare they come down to the feeders, this one landed as a Jay took off, so more luck than judgement LOL. Just had a bit of a sabbatical from Forum, well four days, had busy days and evenings, Brenda has her first Computer so been helping her where I can. Sure I have...

The Magpies have suddenly got braver down the wood , having loads of fights and losing to the Jays though. still not many small birds back yet, but did have Goldfinches visiting which was great.