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Wednesday 26 September 2018

Linnets by the Sea

A good place to find Linnets during winter is along the South Coast which is where I found these. 
They were busy finding food and moved around in a small flock of about 20 birds.



















Saturday 22 September 2018

Better Late Than Never

Another post from my trip South last week.
I have not seen a Small Copper butterfly for several years, so it was good to find some on consecutive days at the same general location.











In the same area I found a Common Blue, a Small Heath and a Speckled Wood.





Small Heath


Speckled Wood



Saturday 15 September 2018

Wheatear

What a great character the Wheatear is and very photogenic as well.
I had to travel some 200 miles South to shoot these images. 
A delightful bird that will stand and pose for you providing you don't get too close.






Local Birding colleagues will recognise the light coloured stone this one is standing on.





Friday 7 September 2018

In Search of Anything

Searching out birds at this time gets quite frustrating. You know they are there, but finding them is something else. Perhaps a field of well grown potatos is probably not the best place to look. 
However there was something moving about and peering out at me from a distance.
I don't know how many, but I am sure there was more than one female Pheasant amongst the spuds.
Almost certainly there was a male somewhere, but not sighted.





Somewhat easier to find by sound if not visually, are a flock of Starlings on blackberry bushes.






A few shots of the local Fenland areas taken whilst out searching.