Saturday, November 12, 2011

Garden Birds, Blooms & Beasts October 2011

A selection of photos of our garden birds and other visitors during October.

geraniums

Water droplets on Geranium

bluetit-1

Bluetit

brambling

Brambling

bullfinch

Bullfinch

cobweb

Water droplets on cobweb

feverfew

Feverfew

goldcrest-1

Goldcrest

goldfinch

Goldfinch

greattit

Greattit

greattit-2

Greattit

greattit-escape

Trying to escape!

greenfinch-checking-wing

Greenfinch

greenfinch-male-and-female

Comparing male & female greenfinches

greenfinch-messy-beak

This ones been feasting on rosehips

gsw-in-net

Great Spotted Woodpecker in the mist net

gsw

His noise was deafening

gsw-2

A very beautiful bird

gsw-biting

I’ll teach you to catch me!

gsw-checking

Checking the wings

gsw-head

This one is a male as only the males have the red stripe on the back of their necks. The adult female doesn’t have red on her head and the juveniles have a red cap.

house-sparrow

Male House Sparrow

hare-1

Hare just outside the window

Hare-2

Joined by another one

hare-3

and having a wash

hare-4

 

montbretia

Water droplets on montbretia

rainbow

Rainbow from the window

sparrowhawk

Female Sparrowhawk…

sparrowhawk-with-goldfinch-2

..and the male with its prey, one of our Goldfinches!

squirrel-in-tree

We can see you!

verbens

Water droplets on Verbena..

water-droplets

..and on the Hypericum

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