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Birds, Insects & Bats in flight (outdoors) Page 23
Image Taken on 05 Jan 2013
at 15:34 Image of day on 08 Feb 2013
In a flurry of wings this Great Tit flies off.
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Image Taken on 27 Mar 2007
at 17:46 Image of day on 15 Apr 2007
Unusually clear picture of a Great tit in flight. In it beak is a
wet peanut, and a flake of chopped bark (we have used to stop the
sites becoming mud-wallows) stuck to it's chest.
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Image Taken on 11 Aug 2016
at 16:30 Image of day on 03 Oct 2016
We are always trying to catch Swifts, Swallows and Martins in the act of
catching an insect, but this year there has been a worrying lack of
opportunities. But here the kitchen window camera catches a Robin making such an
attempt. We often see birds make sudden diversions that we assume are to catch
some food item, but have never actually seen the target before.
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Image Taken on 19 Jul 2006
at 17:22 Image of day on 26 Jul 2006
Very hot and dry, a dish of water at each feeding station
(this one hidden behind the log) has attracted this great-tit.
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Image Taken on 15 Sep 2010
at 18:15 Image of day on 12 Nov 2010
A fairly typical encounter at the camera sites, this time between
a robin and a great tit. Note the capricious floating seed in
front of the robin's beak.
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Image Taken on 02 Feb 2015
at 12:57 Image of day on 17 Mar 2015
This Great Tit is just landing. The front claws have just touched the
surface, but the back claws have not. The wings are already folded.
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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2013
at 14:25 Image of day on 27 Apr 2013
Robin this time getting some resistance from a Great Tit.
We expect the Robin 'won' anyway
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Image Taken on 16 Dec 2013
at 14:58 Image of day on 01 Feb 2014
The Great Tits had a good breeding season.
(We are sure the Sparrowhawk will be pleased as well)
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Image Taken on 14 May 2018
at 15:02 Image of day on 29 Jun 2018
We think that this is our first sighting of a Great White Egret, but our two
experts are not sure based only on the photo without any notion of size. The
bird had none of the grace of the Little Egret and was flying much faster and
more powerfully than we would expect to see in a Little Egret. The feet appear
dark - Little Egrets have yellow feet, but they can become smothered in mud.
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Image Taken on 14 May 2018
at 15:02 Image of day on 29 Jun 2018
2 frames about 140mS apart show that what we think is a Great White Egret was
flying fast, even though it did have a tailwind.
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Image Taken on 23 Jun 2023
at 18:35 Image of day on 22 Aug 2023
We have both male and female Green Woodpeckers visiting the Meadow Post.
This is the female with a black stripe under her eye.
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Image Taken on 17 Jun 2024
at 06:49 Image of day on 16 Jul 2024
Next morning the mile of new railings installed by the Farm provides a
perch for this Green Woodpecker.
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Image Taken on 18 Feb 2021
at 15:39 Image of day on 20 Mar 2021
A Green Woodpecker stops for a moment on the meadow post.
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Image Taken on 11 Jun 2019
at 06:49 Image of day on 20 Jul 2019
A really soggy adult Green Woodpecker starts a rainy day.
Here begins 4 days of almost continuous rain and drizzle, during which
over 90mm of rain (3.5 inches) was accompanied by endless overcast
skies.
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Image Taken on 04 Sep 2021
at 17:47 Image of day on 15 Oct 2021
This more advanced juvenile male Green Woodpecker lands on the Meadow post.
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Image Taken on 21 Aug 2021
at 16:25 Image of day on 29 Sep 2021
The juvenile male Green Woodpecker makes a flamboyant landing.
We has obviously been probing the ground and bought some of it back with him.
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Image Taken on 25 May 2023
at 12:09 Image of day on 19 Jul 2023
Green Woodpeckers are back to frequenting the Meadow Post.
This beautiful male lands on the side - tail acting as a third landing 'leg'.
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Image Taken on 11 Jun 2020
at 13:11 Image of day on 10 Jul 2020
A male Green Woodpecker checking over the Meadow post.
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Image Taken on 11 Jul 2023
at 10:46 Image of day on 04 Sep 2023
It is clear that we have regular visits from a family of Green Woodpeckers - Mum, Dad
and now at least one sprog.
Here is the male landing in an extremely poor state - probably still wet from a bath.
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Image Taken on 29 Aug 2021
at 11:14 Image of day on 12 Oct 2021
An adult male Green Woodpecker graces the meadow Post for a few minutes.
Read this right to left - a heavy landing, a scramble for secure footing, and then
a few minutes watching the world go by.
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