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Showing posts with label Eurasian Crane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eurasian Crane. Show all posts

Sunday, 28 February 2021

28/02/2021 Just around the garden.

European robin (Erithacus rubecula), it will soon disappear it only come to us for winter food!

My little Uniped, Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), it has been around all winter...

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and taking a look through the window sill.  I am wondering if I have mirrored this photo or if we have two Unipeds!!!!!

Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)...

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Common Crane (Grus grus) flying back North.


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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



See you all in 2021 I hope.

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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...

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Great egret (Ardea alba)....

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European robin (Erithacus rubecula)...

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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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Thursday, 29 October 2020

Still lots of tits but we did see the cranes as well.

Photography has not been easy, we have had dull grey days with lots and lots of rain!!

Eurasian blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) hanging on the window shutters...

As above - on the window sill turning its back on me...

and looking around...

finding a wire to swing on.

Great Tit (Parus major).

Common crane (Grus grus). The main migration is October to December with them wintering at various places stretching from north-eastern France to Morocco, with various locations in between, however, the majority will probably end up in Spain.  We are lucky enough to live on their migration route.

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Saturday, 15 February 2020

Cranes migrating North.

I went for a walk today and the sky was alive with the sound of cranes calling.  Most photos were far away and not the best, but it is so worth the sight one sees in the sky
Common Crane (Grus grus)...

They were milling around a lot as there were several small groups, I suspect they were waiting for all to get together before moving on again.




and a little closer and in formation.


I also saw a starling, very far away and up quite high 
Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris),

and a few wood pigeons in flight
Common wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)

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