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Thursday 31 December 2020

Photos from South Africa and wishing you a Happy 2021

 My thanks once again to Christelle for these photos taken at the end of 2020.  

Let us hope that 2021 is a much better year.  All the very best to my followers and thanks for being there.

Yellow-fronted Canary - male (Crithagra mozambica)...

As above female...

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Monday 21 December 2020

21/12/2020 Wishing everyone a very happy Christmas and a much improved 2021.

Apologies for the lack of posts but the WiFi is on a serious go slow and my patience can not cope!
I have picked one photo from each month of 2020 to say Happy Christmas with and hopefully bring a bit of cheer.

20/01/2020 Bluetit on the windowsill. (Cyanistes caeruleus).

15/02/2020 Common cranes (Grus grus) migrating back to the North.  We are so lucky to see them twice a year.

16/03/2020 Blackbird male (Turdus merula) being bombed by a House Sparrow male (Passer domesticus).

16/04/2020 Blackbird female or possibly a youngster (Turdus merula).

12/05/20 European greenfinch (Chloris chloris).

10/06/2020 little owl (Athene noctua), they have been very visible this year.  Although I have not actually seen then for a couple of months now, I hear them calling each other most evenings but it is too dark to see exactly where they are, certainly on a nearby barn, possibly even our own.

26/07/2020 Black redstart (Phoenicurus ochruros) taking a bath.

22/08/2020 House Sparrows having fun in the water (Passer domesticus).

21/09/2020 Great tit (Parus major) probably complaining as all the other birds have splashed out all the water.

09/10/2020 Grey Partridge in the garden (Perdix perdix). A once in a lifetime visit I think!

12/11/2020 Woodlark (Lullula arborea). Seen out on one of my walks.

16/12/2020 the Christmas Robin in our garden (Erithacus rubecula).

 Happy Christmas

Gesëende Kersfees

Nginifisela inhlanhla ne mpumelelo e nyakeni

Nadolig Llawen

Nollaig Shona Dhuit

Nollaig Chridheil agus Bliadhna Mhath Ur

Buone Feste Natalizie

Feliz Natal

Feliz Navidad!

God Jul and (Och) Ett Gott Nytt Ar

Kung His Hsin Nien bing Chu Shen Tan

Gun Tso Sun Tan'Gung Haw Sun

Kung Ho Hsin Hsi. Ching Chi Shen Tan

Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto

Sawadee Pee Mai

Gajan Kristnaskon

Froehliche Weihnachten

Kala Christouyenna

Mo'adim Lesimkha. Chena tova.

Vrolijk Kerstmis en een Gelukkig Nieuw Jaar



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Saturday 5 December 2020

05/12/2020 A few birds seen out walking.

Well, this was not out walking, but a face on the window sill.
Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus).

Common crane (Grus grus) flying South for winter...

As above...

As above.

Great egret (Ardea alba)....

As above...

As above.

European robin (Erithacus rubecula)...

As above...

As above...

As above.

Whinchat (Saxicola rubetra)

This was so far away I was not sure what I was taking a photo of. Only after downloading did I discover it was a Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius).

Also only discovered what these were the I got home. Two European goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis).

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