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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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- Category: Britain & Europe
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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
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Still in the yellow
Early July and juvenile Great Tits are independently feeding while still showing their yellowish white plumage. I wanted to tell you the story of the log feeder he was using. I'd had it a few years to use in the garden, the birds loved it and I couldn't keep up with refilling it. All the tits...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie great tit great tit juvenile july mause nikon coolpix p900 parus major perthshire scotland
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Short tail
Sadly I chopped off part of this Dunnock's tail!! OK not physically of course!!! I don't see these every visit, but am sure they always about; so can't resist taking their picture when they do pop out for a few minutes.- delia todd
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- 2023 birdwatching mode blairgowrie dunnock july mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire prunella modularis scotland
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The "Whaddayouwant?" Look
He seems to have learnt that look very quickly and has it down pat already!! Great Spotted Woodpecker Juvenile in the feeding area. I'm not sure if we have placed the feeders on the edge of two adjacent territories, as we've seen both male and female adults chasing off young ones, but being OK...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker june juvenile mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Dunny
A bit late on parade as I've been out most of the day and then got news that my brother isn't feeling too good, not tolerating chemo too well by the sounds of it. Anyway was enjoying a Dunnock at our feeding station. Always a delight and so pleased he came right out into the open for once.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dunnock june mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire prunella modularis scotland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Baby Face
Or it would be if only he'd turn round!! This young Great Spotted Woodpecker had found the log feeder and learnt how to balance on it. Saturday fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker june mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotand
- Comments: 10
- Category: Britain & Europe
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What's going on over there?
A Eurasian Jay wondering if he should be going that way instead of the way he was heading!! It was still a thrill to get a jay at our new feeders, though they rarely used a feeder, preferring instead the peanuts which had been thrown on the ground where I can't get a picture LOL Not fair is it!- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie eurasian jay garrulus glandarius june mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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I'm sure he's grinning!
Late June now, back from my holiday and supposed to be recuperating from an op. However it didn't go ahead sadly. So consoled myself with a visit to our feeders and the main species of interest was a Red Squirrel! I'm sure that's a cheeky grin on his face having pinched a peanut from out of the...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie june mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire red squirrel saturday fun sciurus vulgaris scotland
- Comments: 7
- Category: Wild Mammals
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What is that!!!
He seems rather unsure about what might be amongst the peanuts! Great Spotted Woodpeckers are regulars at both feeding stations (this is the lower one). This was a male at the end of May, we'd not seen the female for a while. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie craighall dendrocopos major great spotted woodpecker may perthshire saturday fun scotland
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New visitor
A Eurasian Jay decided to test out our feeders in May (a little over a week before this image was taken). Once he found the nuts he was hooked and we see him just about every visit now. In fact one day I saw two, but the other one didn't come down to the feeders but stayed up in the trees.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie eurasian jay garrulus glandarius mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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It's Magic!
Down at the Craighall feeders for a change, a Eurasian Blackbird decided he liked the food we'd put on a gate post. But was wondering how on earth that peanut was levitating just under his bill. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie craighall eurasian blackbird may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland turdus merula
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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The answer...
.... is Chaffinch. Well done to JJ and Ove for getting this mini quiz right. And also to Ove who spotted my error. I gave you all a massive clue by including the scientific name in my upload <ooops> didn't mean to do that LOL. - Ove seems to have been the only one to see it!!! So this was the...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie chaffinch fringilla coelebs mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland
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Quick departure
Caught me out rather. Anyway thought I'd post it as a test for you... Name that Bird Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie fringilla coelebs mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Really pleasing
It was such a pleasure to see that Yellowhammers were making regular visits to the feeders at the Mause feeding station. I've seen them on tables before, but not noticed any on a tube feeder, at least not that I can remember.- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie emberiza citrinella mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland yellowhammer
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Dismal
A visit to the Craighall feeding station in early May. Here was a Robin looking rather displeased as he was so wet... even the goodies we'd provided didn't cheer him up, poor thing LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- blairgowrie craighall erithacus rubecula european robin nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Among the stingers!
Sometime in April I thought I caught sight of a flash of yellow near the feeders but it was so quick I really wasn't sure what it was. A few days later and the mystery was solved when this Yellowhammer suddenly showed himself and stopped to feed on the fallen seed. He was in amongst the...- delia todd
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- 2023 april blairgowrie emberiza citrinella mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland yellowhammer
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At long, long last
I get a picture of a Jay. My usual view of them is a disappearing white rump into the trees. This is the first picture I've taken of one in Scotland and here he was at the new feeding station we set up at the beginning of winter last year. We were sitting in the car having lunch when I caught a...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie eurasian jay garrulus glandarius mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Pleasing
Again, this is at our newest feeding station, about a mile further out of town. One of the main reasons I stopped digiscoping and got into bridge cameras was the difficulty of getting pictures of this guy and their habit of disappearing round the backs of trees and reappearing a mile further up...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie certhia familiaris january mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland treecreeper
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Buried treasure maybe
Long-tailed Tits are now in pairs rather than the larger flocks of winter. A pair are visiting our new feeding station that we set up in November. I really cannot understand why he's not interested in the easier to get suet log LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2023 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie long-tailed tit mause may nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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The fog must have spoilt his view in the mirror!
Last Sunday we headed off up into the hills and glens.... the further up we got the thicker became the mist, until it was real fog!!! We stopped for lunch at a favoured spot where we'd seen quite a few species the year before.... but oh so quiet just the occasional Meadow Pipit or Skylark...- delia todd
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- 2023 alyth anthus pratensis drumderg may meadow pipit nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Colonising?
Also on the lochan were Whooper Swans... yes, no less than three of them! In the past they would occasionally be seen there, for an odd day or two, but only singletons. A rather pleasing sight really.- delia todd
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- 2023 april blairgowrie cygnus cygnus drimmie nikon coolpix p900 perthshire scotland whooper swan
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A male multi-tasking????
My friend and I spent an extended lunch break at my old patch "Up the Hill" on Sunday, quite a bit to be seen but this was a record shot taken through the windscreen of a couple of Mallards. It wasn't until I downloaded the pictures that I realised one was scratching his neck. A bit of...- delia todd
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- 2019 anas platyrhynchos april blairgowrie drimmie mallard nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Table manners
At our new feeders I spotted a Great Tit on a branch eating a seed. This is the the tit species favourite method of eating. Get a seed and fly to a branch, holding it between his toes to peck at it. Thanks to Ann (Doc Duck) for pointing this out to me many years ago.- delia todd
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- 2022 blairgowrie december great tit mause nikon coolpix p900 parus major perthshire scotland
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