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saturday fun
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It's raining again!!!
Poor wee Coal Tit - looks like he's being dripped on LOL This was taken at our Mause feeders. Today was lovely and sunny, though quite windy; and I was entertained by a farm hand driving his tractor round the field turning the cut grass (presumably for hay).... he was being trailed by loads of...- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie coal tit mause may nikon coolpix p900 periparus ater perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Dare I try and get some?
"I just love peanut butter". I spotted a Robin creeping round the tree trunk, looking rather furtive LOL. I do smear some pnb on the tree trunk, so many of the birds seem to love it and it goes very quickly. Maybe I'll get a Pine Marten or badger there one day LOL. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 april blairgowrie erithacus rubecula european robin mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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You have to take your chances sometimes!
Gosh, seems this is the first Eurasian Wren image I've managed to add to my Gallery taken at Mause. I've heard them a lot, seen them occasionally, but they rarely come into view long enough for a picture. I'm always on the lookout for one though. I noticed a bit of movement in some scrub...- delia todd
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- 2024 april blairgowrie eurasian wren mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland troglodytes troglodytes
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The Vandals have arrived!
The Starlings emptied their nests during the week, first I saw of young ones was on Monday! They all descend on my garden, where the adults bring them as it's obviously easy to feed them here after I've put some feed out in the morning. Now it seems that they are all feeding independently...- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie common starling june nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland sturnus vulgaris
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The Chase is On
Looks like the male Tufted Ducks are all chasing after the same female!! Taken on a recent visit to Kinnordy at the end of April. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 angus april aythya fuligula kinnordy rspb reserve kirriemuir nikon coolpix p900 saturday fun scotland tufted duck
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Missed
While we were watching the pretty Wheatears on the dry stone dyke behind the car, suddenly a Eurasian Sparrowhawk swooped over the bonnet and headed for the dyke. Remember I mentioned a big black hole a couple of weeks ago, well he landed right there, and spread his wings for a moment cowling...- delia todd
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- 2024 accipiter nisus april drimmie eurasian sparrowhawk nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Turbine and Kestrel
This Kestrel seems to be either getting cooled off or is trying to create a breeze to make the turbine blades move LOL Sorry it's a bit oof, but that turbine is about a mile away, don't really know how far the Kes is. One thing I'd been looking forward to with this camera was trying to take...- delia todd
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- 2024 april drimmie eurasian kestrel falco tinnunculus nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Dust bathing Round 4
No, you didn't miss rounds 2 and 3, I've omitted them!! The Skylark kept up his dust bathing for ages, gradually getting closer to us. It really was so entertaining to watch. This picture is towards the end of his last go at it. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 alauda arvensis april drimmie eurasian skylark grazing land beside upland hill lochan nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Bliss
We had a wonderful session on my Up the Hill patch a couple of weeks ago. Not just one but two pairs of Wheatears were just arrived and this Eurasian Skylark spent ages enjoying a dust bath! I really liked this pose I captured. Saturday Fun Sorry to be so late with this, as I was half way...- delia todd
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- 2024 alauda arvensis april drimmie eurasian skylark nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland up the hill
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Hungry
I don't often get pictures of Great Crested Grebe, at least not good ones, but this guy was a little closer than normal. He'd caught a huuuge fish and seemed to be having trouble swallowing it, but it disappeared eventually. Anyone able to ID it? Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 angus april great crested grebe loch of lintrathen nikon coolpix p900 podiceps cristatus saturday fun scotland
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Shy
What a thrill it was to see a Yellowhammer after such a long time; think it was way back in May last year since one had visited the Mause feeders. Didn't give much of a view though, did he LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 april blairgowrie emberiza citrinella mause perthshire saturday fun scotland yellowhammer
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Do you think he'll mind....
..... if I go and get some? At our Mause feeders, this cheeky Coal Tit, looked like he was sizing up the risk of being caught by the Chaffinch LOL. Saturday fun- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie chaffinch coal tit fringilla coelebs march mause nikon coolpix p900 periparus ater perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Better not go fishing
A couple of weekends ago we decided to go up to Glenshee to see if, for once, I could get a glimpse of Ptarmigan in their winter dress. But, as usual, as we climbed to the top the cloud was right down to the road. Cup of coffee later, we changed tack and decided to take the long road home by a...- delia todd
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- 2024 angus glen forter march motacilla alba yarrellii nikon coolpix p900 pied wagtail saturday fun scotland
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Gate Crasher
It was so pleasing to have Long-tailed Tits, visiting our new Mause feeders. However, this Blue Tit thinks "they're not going to stop me getting fed, however many of them there are!!" Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie blue tit cyanistes caeruleus january long-tailed tit mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Let's Twist Again
We had a bit a frustrating day the other week. Decided to go to Balgavies reserve near Forfar. When we arrived it was to find the car park closed, with no other information. We went to the viewpoint car park just along the road and sat there with a cup of coffee. Then moved on driving round a...- delia todd
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- 2024 angus anser brachyrhynchus march near forfar nikon coolpix pink-footed goose saturday fun scotland
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Some birds....
..... can be tricky to identify from the back, unless you get a handy head turn. Not so with Long-tailed Tits LOL, they can't be mistaken for anything else in our trees. In addition they usually arrive mob-handed. Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 aegithalos caudatus blairgowrie february long-tailed tit mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Going Boss-eyed
A Great Spotted Woodpecker wondering what on earth is stuck on the end of her bill and how the heck to get rid of it! Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2024 blairgowrie dendrocopos major february great spotted woodpecker mause nikon coolpix p900 perthshire saturday fun scotland
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An "Ouch" Shot
My friend had phoned me and said he was watching a load of finches, including Brambling, along near the town's water treatment plant. So off I went to meet up with him. Of course, by the time I'd got there they'd all gone, just left with a few Rooks! After a while I decided to move down the...- delia todd
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- 2014 blairgowrie january nikon coolpix p900 perthshire river ericht saturday fun scotland sore knee
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A Tight Squeeze
Caught feeding from the fence feeder this Australian Ringneck or Twenty-eight Parrot. There really doesn't seem to be much room, even for his head, to get into that feeder, does there LOL Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia australian ringneck little grove nikon coolpix p900 november saturday fun twenty-eight parrot western australia
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Africa meets Australia
Another from our Torndirrup drive. Walking round a headland we came across some rather wonderful rock formations. This one I called Hippo Rock. Looked just like a Pigmy Hippo rock-climbing! Saturday Fun- delia todd
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- 2019 albany australia hippo rock november saturday fun torndirrup national park western australia
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When you can't understand the instructions
Back in the autumn we went for a drive in the hills between Blairgowrie and Dunkeld. We stopped at a place where we'd seen Kites in the Spring. He thought he could see something in the trees way up on the hill. I couldn't work out where he meant. I said "do you mean in the birch trees or the...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie nikon coolpix p900 november over forneth perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Clods of earth
My friend and I set off last Sunday, a bit unsure where to go, but first of all we went to investigate the flooded areas between Alyth and Meigle, from which I picked up a few year ticks. Then we went on a drive round the hills towards Kinnordy. On route we stopped to scan around some stubble...- delia todd
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- 2024 airlie alyth angus grey partridge january nikon coolpix p900 perdix perdix saturday fun scotland
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Upside-down Living
Much to my delight a Eurasian Treecreeper has become a fairly regular visitor to the Mause feeders. For so many years I'd been unable to get even a half-decent picture of one. Now I seem to be doing a little better with this P900. They must have a strong grip to defy gravity in this way LOL...- delia todd
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- 2019 blairgowrie certhia familiaris eurasian treecreeper mause nikon coolpix p900 november perthshire saturday fun scotland
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Balance beam
This Common Pheasant seems to be getting quite brave now - I've not seen him on the top rail before, the lower one once, but he usually reaches up to it to grab any spilt seed. Really not sure how he manages to keep his balance up there LOL. Back home now, hopefully the end of hospital visits...- delia todd
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- 2023 blairgowrie common pheasant mause october perthshire phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
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Cock Fighting
One of our Sunday day's out we decided on Balintore Glen. A little over half way along, we'd stopped to watch a load of Red Kite flying around, when suddenly Ken spotted these two cock Pheasants. The were putting up quite a fight!! Got a great view of one of them and what it looks like under...- delia todd
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- 2023 angus balintore common pheasant nikon coolpix p900 october phasianus colchicus saturday fun scotland
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