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035 Greenshank

Tringa nebularia

Old Moor, 27/08/06

034 Common sandpiper

Actitis hypoleucos

Old Moor, 27/08/06

033 Little grebe

Tachybaptus ruficollis

This one was feeding a chick I think, as it took the fish off into some reeds. Old Moor, 27/08/06

032 Ruff

Philomachus pugnax

Old Moor, 27/08/06

031 Pied wagtail

Motacilla alba yarrelli

Not the clearest shot, as the bird was some distance away. Old Moor, 27/08/06

030 Grey heron

Ardea cinerea


Old Moor, 27/08/06

029 Tree sparrow

Passer montanus





































Both pictures taken at Old Moor, 27/08/06

027 Great tit

Parus major



















Male (left), with female chaffinch, Potteric Carr, 13/08/06




















Juvenile, Potteric Carr, 13/08/06

026 European robin

Erithacus rubecula



















Potteric Carr, 13/08/06

025 Willow tit

Poecile montanus



















With male chaffinch behind it. These guys are very difficult to photograph as they don't stay still. Potteric Carr, 13/08/06

024 Eurasian jay

Garrulus glandarius


















Juvenile, Potteric Carr, 13/08/06

023 Dipper

Cinclus cinclus




















Padley Gorge. 21/7/06

022 Collared dove

Streptopelia decaocto
































This nest is on the security light next to our bedroom window. It's the second brood this pair have had this year - they laid another egg only a few days after the first chick had fledged. As you can see, there's a young dove (I believe the correct word for a dove chick is a squab) underneath the adult. 19/7/06

021 Tufted duck

Aythya fuligula

Female. Chatsworth. 20/7/06

020 Treecreeper

Certhia familiaris




















These things move fast as well! Chatsworth. 20/7/06

Not a tick, but worth posting I thought.

Sand martin nests. You can just about make out a sand martin in the middle of the picture, but it isn't identifiable from the picture so doesn't warrant a tick. We enjoyed watching these nice little birds skimming the water catching insects, and going in and out of the holes in the bank to feed their chicks, but couldn't get close enough to get a decent picture - they move so fast too!

019 Rook

Corvus frugilegus




















Eating a chip! Our garden, 18/7/06

018 Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos



















Female, Chatsworth. 20/7/06




















White duckling - mother is a perfectly normal mallard. Maybe a crossbreed. Chatsworth. 20/7/06

017 Grey wagtail

Motacilla cinerea

Chatsworth. 19/7/06