Birds in flight – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk Tue, 08 Jan 2019 17:56:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://padfoot.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-512a-32x32.jpg Birds in flight – Dragon goes Wild https://padfoot.org.uk 32 32 Charming Charm https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/charming-charm/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/charming-charm/#respond Thu, 03 Jan 2019 17:35:38 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2278 Not to be outdone by the Woodpecker on Tuesday, at least one Charm of Goldfinches landed on a nearby roof today. They weren’t quite as considerate at posing for photos though!

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/charming-charm/feed/ 0 Woody Woodpecker https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/woody-woodpecker-2/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/woody-woodpecker-2/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2019 18:00:30 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2276 I haven’t seen a Woodpecker nearby for ages, so I couldn’t resist taking photos of this one trying to get a tasty snack from the grass.

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2019/01/woody-woodpecker-2/feed/ 1 Meet the Sparrows – day four… https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-day-four/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-day-four/#respond Tue, 23 Oct 2018 15:00:02 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2185 …otherwise known as “how many Sparrows can you fit in a bird bath?” (plus one in the plant saucer on the step underneath the bird bath).

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-day-four/feed/ 0 Meet the Sparrows (part three) https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-part-three/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-part-three/#respond Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:00:40 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2191 Yes, I have even more Sparrow photos from a couple of days ago!

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-part-two/feed/ 0 Meet the Sparrows (part one) https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-part-one/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/10/meet-the-sparrows-part-one/#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2018 15:00:59 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2183 I know the Sparrows arrive in the garden in a flock, but I hadn’t expected them all to want to take a bath at the same time!

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Not a particularly flattering angle, but I’m still working on my ‘birds in flight’ photo skills.

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I thought it was easier to practise photos of birds in flight with the crows – there’s more of them about.

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/06/crow-fly-over/feed/ 0 The call of the Buzzard(s) https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/04/the-call-of-the-buzzards/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/04/the-call-of-the-buzzards/#respond Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:00:13 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=2008 Hearing the distinctive call of the Buzzard, I expected to spot one or maybe two birds…. I hadn’t expected to see five Buzzards all circling overhead!

They were a bit high up to get a really clear photo, but zooming in on the pictures, it’s definitely 4 regular coloured Buzzards, and one which seems to have paler wings (top right in the second photo).

 

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]]> https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/04/the-call-of-the-buzzards/feed/ 0 Leaving the seedheads https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/04/leaving-the-seedheads/ https://padfoot.org.uk/2018/04/leaving-the-seedheads/#respond Fri, 06 Apr 2018 10:00:51 +0000 http://padfoot.org.uk/?p=1996 We’d planned to cut back the seedheads from the plants this week, but the Goldfinches were still tucking into them – I guess we’ll leave the plants a bit longer yet!

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