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Random Musings => Miscellany => Where The Wild Things Are => Topic started by: Bledlow on 14 May, 2012, 06:23:36 pm

Title: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Bledlow on 14 May, 2012, 06:23:36 pm
To start off -

(http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Bledlow/IMG_0357.jpg)

(http://i432.photobucket.com/albums/qq48/Bledlow/IMG_0354.jpg)

The more the merrier, so post away!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Pingu on 14 May, 2012, 07:18:39 pm
If you insist:

(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/98/379158185_55500e7503_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/379158185/)
Lochcarron Robin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/379158185/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: chris on 26 May, 2012, 10:38:46 pm
Rare glimse of a  Corncrake -
(http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x467/NorthamptonSailingClubPhotos/IMG_8174.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Wowbagger on 26 May, 2012, 10:41:19 pm
Quote from: Pingu on 14 May, 2012, 07:18:39 pm
If you insist:

(http://farm1.staticflickr.com/98/379158185_55500e7503_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/379158185/)
Lochcarron Robin (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/379158185/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr

Isn't that a juvenile just bursting into adult plumage?
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: fuzzy on 10 June, 2012, 07:49:50 pm
Red Kite over Marlow

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC02250.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Pingu on 10 June, 2012, 08:56:02 pm
This fellow was displaying to us at our lunch stop today:

(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7074/7358819452_9de7e87882_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/7358819452/)
IMG_0409 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_pingus/7358819452/) by The Pingus (http://www.flickr.com/people/the_pingus/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: JohnP on 10 June, 2012, 09:33:10 pm
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/543723_3755477697160_1403510810_n.jpg)

On guard at Stanborough.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: JohnP on 10 June, 2012, 09:34:54 pm
And then off he flew ... same image as previous post ...thanks peter for spotting that.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Peter on 10 June, 2012, 11:56:46 pm
Or not, as the case may be!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: JohnP on 12 June, 2012, 09:18:51 am
I think he's gone now

(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/552797_3754286587383_410002003_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: JohnP on 12 June, 2012, 09:20:09 am
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/547857_3754330348477_2140482186_n.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Furious on 15 September, 2013, 12:07:51 pm
A tiding of magpies on a neighbour's roof yesterday morning.

(http://i361.photobucket.com/albums/oo55/Rijidij61/Misc/IMG_2343.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: fuzzy on 23 September, 2013, 07:25:00 pm
An hygienic Robin-

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC03943.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC03943.jpg.html)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC03946.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC03946.jpg.html)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC03947.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC03947.jpg.html)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC03948.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC03948.jpg.html)

(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b360/mattlangridge/DSC03951.jpg) (http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mattlangridge/media/DSC03951.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Wombat on 24 September, 2013, 09:11:37 pm
One of my mates I often go and talk to in the mornings before going into the office (https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hAbE6yYUF6c/UkHvbu60ehI/AAAAAAAAFGQ/KbsgQ3r0mqM/s800/_DSC297220.jpg)

Now is that first try at linking an image going to work?
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Wombat on 24 September, 2013, 09:24:27 pm
Blimey, fourth try, but got there in the end...
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Snakehips on 11 October, 2013, 02:46:46 pm
(http://images.yudu.com/item_files/1367222/Lonsdale-Heron.jpg)

No matter how often I see a Heron in a tree I always have to stop and look.

Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 30 July, 2015, 07:25:17 pm
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_7367.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: menthel on 31 July, 2015, 02:02:25 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5472/10461684626_d1ff6d0197_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/gWsSmS)Skokholm July 2013 1-58.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/gWsSmS) by Jim Swales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/menthel/), on Flickr

Have a puffin
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 27 March, 2016, 02:56:12 pm
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_2387.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Deano on 27 March, 2016, 03:01:47 pm
Isn't that a hoopoe? I've never seen one in the wild.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 27 March, 2016, 06:58:51 pm
Yes, with a large insect it had just found. It could be a mole cricket, I think.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: menthel on 29 March, 2016, 02:14:37 pm
(https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5684/23526028044_e25d20661d_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/BQV3vb)Barnes Bittern (https://flic.kr/p/BQV3vb) by Jim Swales (https://www.flickr.com/photos/menthel/), on Flickr

Mmm, Bittern...
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Mr Larrington on 30 March, 2016, 11:04:07 am
Twice shy?

(http://legslarry.org.uk/BikeStull/coat_48.png)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 01 April, 2016, 07:09:18 pm
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_3159.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 02 April, 2016, 10:09:09 am
Not sure what these are

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_3310.jpg)

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_3321.jpg)

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_3292.jpg)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: pcolbeck on 04 April, 2016, 09:55:39 am
Top one looks like some kind of herons but we only have grey herrons in the UK and they are more gangly than that.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Steph on 04 April, 2016, 10:33:51 am
Night herons and azure-winged magpie.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 04 April, 2016, 11:17:24 am
Excellent, thanks Steph!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: pcolbeck on 04 April, 2016, 11:25:20 am
Not in the UK then at the moment Jaded ?
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 04 April, 2016, 01:42:51 pm
I'm in Chard!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: bumper on 20 April, 2016, 07:09:28 pm
one of the nesting birds in my garden. They've used a blackbird nest as a base to the nest. The blackbirds were tarting it up to use again this year. They are now in the garage guttering  :facepalm:

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1521/26545173375_336a8b315b_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GrGXe2)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: bumper on 22 April, 2016, 04:20:11 pm
This is dad. He does a great job of guarding mum.

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1704/26511660411_1c2639ed12_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GoKbZi)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: menthel on 29 April, 2016, 11:53:05 am
We have a big fat pair of wood chibbins in the garden- you can't get a decent photo of them as they are constantly "at it". They have been ever since they arrived about 3 years ago!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: bumper on 29 April, 2016, 12:48:27 pm
That's why they're everywhere  ;D

There's possibly 3 more on the way. She was on 3 eggs last time I looked.
They're ugly little blighters when they hatch out!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: bumper on 02 May, 2016, 07:16:21 pm
This Blue Tit has a nest about 2ft from the Wood Pigeon.

It's hard to believe, but the Blackbirds that had their nest stolen by the Pigeons are starting to build directly under the old nest!

That's 3 nests within 3ft of each other!!

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1473/26680420312_7628d923a7_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GDE8qL)

(https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1469/26709666681_2ffca30ba5_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GGf2mv)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Wowbagger on 02 May, 2016, 10:47:52 pm
Quote from: pcolbeck on 04 April, 2016, 09:55:39 am
Top one looks like some kind of herons but we only have grey herrons in the UK and they are more gangly than that.

A few years ago a night heron took up residence for a short time on Two Tree Island, Southend. Unusual species quite often do. I think that was the year that there was a pair of long-eared owls nesting nearby. None of them got any sleep because there was a nightingale in the blackthorn throughout the spring and summer.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Steph on 04 May, 2016, 12:16:45 am
If you go to the Marquenterre reserve by the mouth of the Somme, you get (on my best day there) in one view little egret, cattle egret, great white egret, spoonbill, white stork, grey heron and night heron. Plus loooooads of nightingales.
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: PaulR on 17 May, 2016, 08:52:29 am
You cannot get much more ordinary than this chap, but we enjoy his company in the garden and he seems to appreciate our efforts to turn over bugs and worms for him.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2w8jcas60u1r0cj/robin.jpg?dl=0 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/2w8jcas60u1r0cj/robin.jpg?dl=0)
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: BrianI on 13 July, 2016, 09:33:57 am
Does a photo of my new, 10 week old Cockatiel count as gratuitous, sitting on the author's shoulder (supposedly an untamed  avariary reared bird but actually very tame, and steps onto my finger and climbs up my arm onto my shoulder!!)

(https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8832/28280147125_0c77389908_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/K629tx)FB_IMG_1468398073107 (https://flic.kr/p/K629tx) by BrianInnesPhotography (https://www.flickr.com/photos/brianinnesphotography/), on Flickr

I bought him/her yesterday as a replacement for my first cockatiel Flynn, who sadly passed away a couple of months ago . I'm sure Spike will get on well with the new one, despite age difference!

Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Ruthie on 13 July, 2016, 03:19:40 pm
What a beautiful little bird Brian!
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: RibbleRouser on 13 July, 2016, 07:21:08 pm
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160713/89f2c40e99d8c6cc53ce0fc47e9477ab.jpg)


Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Ruthie on 13 July, 2016, 07:59:31 pm
The look on that bird's face is priceless  ;D
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Mr Larrington on 14 July, 2016, 02:21:47 pm
Is that chap's name "Cliff", by any chance?
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Wowbagger on 14 July, 2016, 11:30:48 pm
Whose tern is it anyway?
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Steph on 19 July, 2016, 09:02:10 pm
{Aussie philosopher accent]  Farne Kant
Title: Re: Gratuitous bird pictures
Post by: Jaded on 17 August, 2016, 12:25:03 am
Went for a walk today and saw a bird

(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_0952-a.jpg)

then four birds
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_0988-a.jpg)

then a grumpy seagull
(http://www.alfiecat.co.uk/yetacf/DSC_1003-a.jpg)