Wild Birds of Europe

[Levina de Ruijter]

Great egret

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Kestrel

 

[Jan1977]

A firecrest hiding in between the branches on a dull day...

 

[Jan1977]

A chaffinch earlier this year:

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

A firecrest hiding in between the branches on a dull day...

Always nice to get pics of these tiny birds, even on a dull day and in the thick of a tree. It's been ages since I saw one.

A chaffinch earlier this year:

Lovely pics, Jan, especially the first two.

 

[RichardB]

A chaffinch earlier this year:
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This one is my favourite. I think it's really nice.

 

[pcs]

Pied Avocet

 

[sidknee]

Even after all this time I still go "wow" after reading these kinds of numbers.

have a look at this,

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You can see in the video the birds that are just plummeting are the ones that are hard to shoot. I had 13 kites and 3 buzzards today so not quite as busy but the same sort of thing

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

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You can see in the video the birds that are just plummeting are the ones that are hard to shoot. I had 13 kites and 3 buzzards today so not quite as busy but the same sort of thing

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That is truly amazing footage, Sid. I now understand the difficulty in shooting them. Especially since there are so many of them, flying around and diving.

I wonder though, that's an awful lot of kites in one area. Where do they come from? They can't all be resident birds, can they?

 

[Levina de Ruijter]

Pied Avocet
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Nice! Beautiful birds. They're usually too far away from me for anything good.