Archived & Upcoming Images of the Day
First time we have photographed the male pheasant for many weeks, and we had a number with him the same morning in the frame but out of focus. He is pecking away at something - the beak is movement blurred even in a flash strobe.
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Blackbird male in nice pose showing speckled chest.
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Were going to show you the Blackbird male today, but this lovely Sparrowhawk spent a few minutes on the patio Saturday afternoon, so we slotted it in for today.
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Blackbird female - see her mate day after tomorrow.
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A robin with wings stretched upwards showing the amazing feather colouring.
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Not seeing many Dunnock at the moment, so this is a welcome visitor.
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To us this cheeky magpie looks every bit the 'Thieving Magpie'.
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One of our ever hungry robins flying over a feeding sight.
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Despite the removal of the chimneys they have nested down for decades, the jackdaws are still regularly seen.
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A robin nicely poised on the small log. Warmer weather now so not as plumped out as the image for 17 Jan 2006 (taken on the 12th)
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Had not seen the Muntjac on camera or by eye for almost a month, but all seems to be well. We can't tell from this image whether she is pregnant.
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To celebrate the imminent departure of the roofers, a magpie enjoying their left-over biscuits.
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Magpie showing off it's iridescent plumage.
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The Moorhen are getting very territorial and take a dim view of any black bird on their patch. Here seeing of a magpie (and in another shot too difficult to interpret at these small sizes, 2 at once).
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Robin using the small log as a lookout post. We get this sort of pose 5 or 10 times a day, but this is a particularly nice one.
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Magpie rooting about as a gloomy January dawn breaks.
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A female blackbird caught mid-stride with her tail nicely fanned.
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One night a mole created a mound overnight at the feeding site near the duck shaped pond. Unfortunately the mole didn't appear but here a fieldmouse (wood mouse) picks over the fresh earth.
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A blackbird from last year when the mobile kit was near the duck-shaped pond.
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From exactly this date last year at the main feeding site this single exposure contained 2 Robins, 2 Great Tits & a Blue Tit. All doing well again this year so far.
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We regularly see parts of a fox in recent overnight images. Here is the whole thing from last year.
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To go with the snowy images here is a snatched image through the kitchen window of a hungry fox rooting about at a rabbit tunnel.
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A nice portrait of a female blackbird at the remote site. Comparing the various images of female blackbirds over the last month we conclude we have no idea how many individuals there are!
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By chance the next batch of photos caught the (probably the same) Female Blackbird landing at the same site (4 days and 142 frames later in real time - hurray for digital cameras rather than a roll of film a day).
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The birds seem to be doing a lot of aerobatics for us at the moment. Here is a Female Blackbird taking off.
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NASA didn't invent aerobraking as this robin demonstrates, though they do it on a grander scale! While regularly seen on waterfowl (ducks, geese and swans) it is so quick on a robin you only see it in slow motion or in a fortuitous still.
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Our male blackbird showing a rear view.
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The fieldmice (wood mice) are having a difficult time with the snow and are mostly seen with just tail or ears above the snow. This one looks like it has jumped off a beam transmitter on the left.
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Magpies clear the snow by kicking it backward while flapping wings to keep their balance.
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We are delightfully 'infested' with robins. Looks like this one was auditioning for next year Xmas card.
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We believe this is the mate of yesterdays male blackbird - evening of the same day at the same site after the food was topped up.
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