More Garden Birds!

And some more...

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Lockdown continued - garden bird photos

Some more from my recent garden sessions. To see larger versions, please go to my website page.

Another Hoverfly!

Sideways on this time. I think its the same species (Common Drone) but I'm not entirely sure.

Probable Common Drone Hoverfly (c) Stephen Burch

Lockdown: Hoverfly in flight!

A FIF or Fly in Flight in my garden.

I believe it to be a Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax).

Common Drone Fly (Eristalis tenax) (c) Stephen Burch

More garden photos!

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Garden photos

Without any other options, I've been trying some garden bird photography. My setup is evolving but it is not easy when the patrons are  pretty few and far between. Some sessions, nothing at all has landed on the tempting perch carefully arranged for them near to the feeders!

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Barn Owl & Kingfisher - 29 February

Finally had more success in getting close enough to the Barn Owl at Pinkhill this afternoon, when it briefly showed in very windy conditions. Unfortunately this time, I didn't see it catch anything whereas on other visits recently I've seen it being quite successful.

Prior to that I had also finally managed to get a shot of the Kingfisher, on the perch and the nearby tree in reasonable light, at about 11:00. However it didn't stay long. So a better than average visit!

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Oxon - Out & About - 13 & 14 February

A few photos from my recent wanderings, which included a fair amount of time at Farmoor. Finally, at the third attempt, connected with the Barn Owl, albeit distantly.

Barn Owl at Pinkhill

Kestrel at Pinkhill

One of the five Whoopers at Cote

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Friday 7th February

A couple of tit photos which took some waiting for:

Marsh Tit

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Coal Tit

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Droitwich, 25 January

Had a good visit to Nature Photography Hides near Droitwich last Saturday, with a special session in the hide, assisted by Richard. Far better than my previous attempts at Kingfishers here, back in October 2018.

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