Week 2 in the UK and a few odd photos while out walking.

A few birds seen locally walking around Devizes.  As always please let me know if I have got the ID incorrect.

Mute swan (Cygnus olor)...

As above...

As above.

Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in its winter colours...

As above...

As above.

Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus).

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), female...

An amorous male - look carefully.

Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs).

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The first week in the UK.

I did not expect to have time to take photos or blog while I was here in the UK and this is a little unplanned.  I walked along the towpath of the canal this morning while heading to the shops and this starling just posed so beautifully for me.

Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris),

This murmuration of starlings was taken just down the road from the above photos on Christmas Day last year.

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) was nearby...

as was this European goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis).

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Birds through the year....

Apart from the Stilt and the Heron all photos have been taken in our garden.

Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes).

January.

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

February.

European greenfinch (Chloris chloris).

March.

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major).

April.

Eurasian Magpie or Common Magpie (Pica pica).

May.

Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus).

June.

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops).

July.

Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus).

August.

A young Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros).

September.

Grey heron (Ardea cinerea).

October.

Great tit (Parus major).

November.

Dunnock (Prunella modularis)

December.

European robin (Erithacus rubecula).

Christmas greetings cannot go without a robin so this is to also wish you all a Happy Christmas and a fabulous New Year.  Happy birding in 2019.

I am off to the UK on Monday until the end of January.  As I will be, with my husband, full time caring for my FIL who has Alzheimers, I have no idea if I will have to time to blog before my return to France in February 2019.  I will try to look in on your blogs if possible.

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All photos taken in the garden in July.

Checking out the garden for food - Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops).

Moving in for the kill...

Ha, a tasty morsel...

As above.

Somebody is getting too close...

Go away.

Think I will just sit here out of the way,

European or common blackbird (Turdus merula).  Male.

As above but I think this is a juvenile not sure what sex yet.

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Still in Nevis but back to local birds next week.

See my last post.

As always I hope my ID's are correct, please let know if otherwise.

Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola).

As above

Lesser Antillean bullfinch (Loxigilla noctis) female...

As above...

As above...

As above - Male.

Green-throated carib  (Eulampis holosericeus)...

As above

Probably the same as above.

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