redwing

Pic taken near the same puddle like the one with the Hawfinch

Now you see I was so sure that I'd put some of these on that I've never given them a second thought since but after meeting my good friend Christine and sharing in the joy of her first ever Redwings I thought I'd better check back through my gallery. Well of course there's only one word that...

1st time I have seen this species.I met up with Jaff at Muncaster Castle.Lots of yew trees near the old church.The trees were full of Thrushes.Blackbirds,Redwings,Fieldfares,etc,all eating the yew berries.But not easy to manage a shot.Going to have another try tommorrow ,weather permitting

one from last winter - hoping for more this winter Jeff www.jeffharrisonphotography.co.uk (Schedule 1 Licence holder for Kingfishers, Barn Owls and Avocets)

On top of a tree this morning. Not the best photo ever.

Redwing visiting a friends garden

Taken in January in my garden, a period when there was a mixed flock of 100+ Redwing and Fieldfare for about a month. Seems a long time ago now!!

Redwing

In the parking area of Rainham.

Hunger made these normally shy thrushes much tamer.

Caught this one sitting through a dark wooded area,but the light that was on it caught my eye,as the sun was shining through the trees,and caught the side of the bird,and it turned it's head just as I shot,then flew off.

........cold rain turns to sleet and then to snow. Locally it seems that Redwings have suffered here the most. At the peak of bad weather I had over 40 birds visiting my garden ......but at least six of these will not be returning home!

A nice juicy worm for dinner, reminds me I've got spaghetti for tea!!

A very cold and very frozen day so I stopped at my favourite birdwatching spot of the CWP - that's the cafe! In the car park were a few of these visitors.

Had to post this image as it was taken through my kitchen window around 4.00pm this afternoon. I used a Canon 7D + Sigma 500 f4.5 + 1.4tc tripod mounted. Camera settings were - shutter speed 1/5 sec, f-stop f5.0, ISO 800 and the image is cropped. Needless to say I thanked the Redwing for...

Amature here, is this a redwing ? I know most of you will know, and thanks for the help. Tony B

A water colour sketch of a winter visitor to the garden always being chased away by the Mistle Thrushes though. just moving through to my gallery.

Oh ,no ,Another redwing. Still visiting the garden today.

Could be the last day for Redwings in my Garden as the weather is set to become mild and the berries are almost gone!. ------------------------------------------------------ http://www.pbase.com/02purser

And the Redwing wins, nice to seem them in action