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Image Taken on 26 Mar 2018 at 12:14    Image of day on 05 May 2018

A Dunnock sings his territorial song from this hedge-top.


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Image Taken on 27 Jun 2016 at 10:05    Image of day on 11 Aug 2016

A detail from the middle image above to show the intricate detail of the eye and plumage.


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Image Taken on 27 Jun 2016 at 10:05    Image of day on 11 Aug 2016

A Dunnock outside the living room window - we assume it was singing it's little heart out, but silent for us indoors.


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Image Taken on 01 Mar 2018 at 11:45    Image of day on 15 Apr 2018

If there is water - water bathe;
If there is dust - dust bathe;
If there is snow - Snow bathe.
Keeping those feathers in top condition is essential to fight the cold.


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Image Taken on 19 Dec 2010 at 09:40    Image of day on 15 Feb 2011

Trying to keep warm.


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Image Taken on 02 Dec 2007 at 08:35    Image of day on 30 Dec 2007

A dunnock makes an elegant takeoff.


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Image Taken on 23 Dec 2010 at 16:06    Image of day on 22 Feb 2011

From an uncannily similar original layout to the above, something seems to have startled the 3 birds who all took of in different directions. The Sparrows were a blurry mess, but the Dunnock showed well.


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Image Taken on 13 Mar 2015 at 15:59    Image of day on 26 Apr 2015

We rarely manage to catch Dunnocks taking off or in flight. So catching this one even deep shade was worth making a montage of taking off from a Hazel tree already with a few catkins. The leaves behind the bird belong to the ever rampant Blackberry brambles.


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Image Taken on 06 Sep 2016 at 08:36    Image of day on 25 Oct 2016

A Dunnock twisting in the air as it approaches the bird table perch below.


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Image Taken on 01 Mar 2022 at 10:39    Image of day on 04 Apr 2022

Dunnocks along the access track are becoming bold as they wait for a hand out of corn.


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Image Taken on 20 Jan 2013 at 14:48    Image of day on 26 Feb 2013

A Dunnock's search under the snow is rewarded with a corn grain.


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Image Taken on 23 Nov 2010 at 15:07    Image of day on 21 Jan 2011

Elegant pose of this Dunnock with corn grain in beak.


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Image Taken on 09 Dec 2022 at 11:14    Image of day on 04 Jan 2023

This Dunnock has selected a corn kernel for a mid-morning feed.


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Image Taken on 10 Jun 2015 at 09:26    Image of day on 12 Aug 2015

So its nice to get this confirmation of Brood feeding as this Dunnock stops off at the tree-stump with a loaded beak.


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Image Taken on 06 Oct 2016 at 15:56    Image of day on 22 Nov 2016

A Dunnock catches a Cranefly for an afternoon meal.


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Image Taken on 22 Feb 2013 at 16:15    Image of day on 03 Apr 2013

An unusually plumped up Dunnock sits quietly on the stone in the cold, possible aware that our food scattering visit is overdue.


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Image Taken on 30 May 2024 at 11:23    Image of day on 25 Jun 2024

This dunnock may sometimes stop at the peanut feeder to fill his own little tummy, but knows that the chicks in the nest need the squidgy caterpillars and the like.


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Image Taken on 31 Aug 2006 at 06:13    Image of day on 06 Sep 2006

Remember the Dunnock with the missing tail (image for 29 Aug 2006). We think this is the same bird 8 days on with it regrowing.


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Image Taken on 15 Apr 2023 at 07:03    Image of day on 26 May 2023

7 a.m. sees the arrival of a start-of-life Dunnock at the hedge bottom. The 15 April is really early to see a fledged small bird.


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Image Taken on 16 Jun 2014 at 18:57    Image of day on 23 Aug 2014

FEED ME NOW!
The parent Dunnock on the ground lower right doesn't seem to be enthusing at the prospect of the ever-open beak


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