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Mrs K Husky
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Story of my life, wrong lens 🤣 This Kestrel put on a great show for us yesterday but alas I needed my longer lens, so these are heavily cropped and look better in b/w then they do in colour 🙄

Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel hovering while looking sideways at the camera having aimed a poop in my direction
Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel flying off from a twig
Black and white picture of a Common Kestrel staring straight at the camera while trying to land on a twig
Feb 6, 2023, 5:16:19 PM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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The Golden eagle is an almost daily sight for me here in Lanjaron in the Granada province. Our work predominantly in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain and Alpujarra (the foothills of the Sierra Nevada) bring me into regular contact with the flora and fauna of our area.

A juvenile Golden Eagle flying directly overhead showing plenty of the young plumage.
Feb 7, 2023, 7:26:21 PM [original]
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The Gannets were entertaining me while at the coast the other day.

A Gannet bird flying past
A Gannet bird just taking off from the sea
Feb 18, 2023, 12:53:03 PM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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My nemesis bird, OK so I have a few but today we are talking about the Iberian Magpie. This bird is super friendly in some parts of Spain, I just have never met one of those 🤔 This shot is probably the best shot of one I've taken in 17 years of living here 🤦‍♀️🤣
Do you have a nemesis bird?

A picture of an Iberian Magpie flying away from the photographer towards a pine tree
Mar 20, 2023, 10:33:44 AM [original]
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This Common Kestrel was rather pleased with itself having caught a grasshopper for lunch 🍽️

A photo of the underside of a Common Kestrel holding a grasshopper in it's foot flying away from the photographer
A photo of a Common Kestrel flying towards the photographer holding a grasshopper in it's foot
A photo of the top view of a Common Kestrel flying over lemon trees
Mar 24, 2023, 7:33:05 AM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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The male Mallards are looking particularly handsome at the moment 😍

A close up photo of a male Mallard duck looking very handsome with his emerald green/blue head and his yellow beak
Apr 12, 2023, 8:02:09 AM [original]
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Introducing Mr and Mrs Woodchat Shrike ❤️ I have seen 4 on the dog walk today, that's the most I've seen on the dog walk for a number of years.

A pair of Woodchat Shrike sat on a couple of thin branches at the top of a tree. Mr is sat on the left facing forward but looking left. Mrs is sat on the right and she is facing to the right.
May 11, 2023, 1:59:07 PM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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Came across an Alpine Swift colony while out on a walk recently. Boy these guys move fast. What a great sight it was to be around such impressive birds. Almost as impressive was the fact I actually photographed one in focus 😂

An Alpine Swift flying left to right showing it's white tummy and throat, a light coloured rockface behind.
May 14, 2023, 10:06:07 AM [original]
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We call this guy Scruffy. I think he might be an Elvis fan 🤔

A male Blackbird standing on top of a green wooden shed. The feathers on the top of his head are standing up and also those on his throat.
May 26, 2023, 10:44:04 AM [original]
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Came across these two cuties and a third sibling recently. Had to help them away from stupid person with a dog. Hopefully the parents located them 🤞

Two little yellow ducklings on the canal towpath
Jun 1, 2023, 9:49:24 AM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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This pale form Booted Eagle flew over the house yesterday as I was fetching the washing in. I had to run back into the house, grab the camera, change settings, run back outside, the eagle was way above by then. Happens everytime, you'd think I'd have learnt by now!

An underside shot of a Booted Eagle.
Aug 10, 2023, 11:05:20 AM [original]
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A sweet little Long-tailed Tit family were searching for food in the trees this morning ❤ They never stay still for long, always on the move. Regular visitors to the garden.

A Long-tailed Tit looking into an olive tree for food
A Long-tailed Tit sitting still for a second in an olive tree, you can just start to see the white head stripe
Long-tailed Tit sitting still long enough to get an in focus shot. Sitting side on to the camera
This Long-tailed Tit took off just as I pressed the shutter, hence the head is not in focus
Aug 12, 2023, 11:46:59 AM [original]
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We were going to be walking and spending the night in a reliable place for seeing the Griffon Vulture. I hoped that adding the extra weight to my pack, ie the enormous lens and camera, that I wouldn't just be taking it for a walk for 2 days but would actually use it. The Griffon Vultures didn't let me down ❤️ 17 yrs walking in these mountains I am learning where the wildlife hangs out

A head on shot of a Griffon Vulture flying straight at the photographer
The enormous bulk of the Griffon Vulture can be seen in this over head shot as the vulture flew overhead as the sun was going down
A Griffon Vulture resting on some rocks blending in with it's surroundings
A photo of the underside of a Griffon Vulture flying overhead
Aug 27, 2023, 9:11:10 AM [original]
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The European Bee Eaters have been passing through en-mass over the past few weeks heading off to their wintering grounds in Africa. Our local populations left a long time ago, these passing through now are from further north. I was enjoying watching them feed up for their journey until one hit the alarm button, they all gathered together and shot off. Wise birds as a Peregrine Falcon had decided to join them!

A colourful European Bee Eater flying showing it's colours. Yellow chin, rust red head, aqua blue underbody and red/green on top
Sep 13, 2023, 8:16:21 AM [original]
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You can always rely on the Stonechat when everything else is being shy. From this morning on the dog walk.

&mrs

Side view of a female Stonechat sat on the branch of an almond tree
A male Stonechat perched on the top of an olive tree with a blue sky behind.
Nov 8, 2023, 12:32:13 PM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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My nemesis bird the Iberian Magpie
(Cyanopica cooki). These are the best shots I've gotten of them in 17 years 😂 One of these days I will nail a shot of them! Do you have a nemesis bird? I actually have a few!

An Iberian Magpie flying into a tree. The woodland is soft green light. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
An Iberian Magpie sat on the branch of a tree. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
An Iberian Magpie sat on the branch of a tree. The Magpie has azure blue wings and tail, buff coloured body, black top half of head and white throat
Nov 9, 2023, 5:23:32 PM [original]
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A Grey Heron off for a walk in the Embalse de Cubillas, Granada.

A Grey Heron walking in between dead trees in a lake of green/brownish coloured water.
Dec 2, 2023, 1:25:08 PM [original]
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In Patagonia the birdlife seems to have little fear of humans. Here a White-throated Caracara came to visit me and clearly wanted it's photo taken 🙂

A White-throated Caracara sitting on rock with a blue sky and mountains streaked with snow in the back ground. The bird is a bird of prey. It is standing side on to the camera with it's head turned looking behind it. The under body is white, it's head, wings and top of the body is black. It has yellow legs with long claws. It has an orange coloured featherless part of face and the beak is clear blue colour.
Dec 3, 2023, 10:59:39 AM [original]
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Another Patagonian beauty and the original Woody Woodpecker, introducing Mr and Mrs Magellanic Woodpecker. It is the largest South American Woodpecker and one of the largest in the world.

A picture of a male and female Woodpecker on opposite sides of a tree. The female is on the left, mostly a black bird with a quiff. She has a golden eye and red feathers around the top of her beak. The male is on the right side of the tree, mostly black but with a red head, golden eye and a red quiff.
Dec 6, 2023, 9:58:40 AM [original]
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When I visit Patagonia, one of the many joys about being there is getting to see these birds up close. The Andean Condor, wow what a bird it is. Weighing in at 15kg and a wingspan up to over 3m it is one of the largest flying birds in the world.

An Andean Condor perched on a rock face with a grey river below and behind. The rock face is on the right half of the picture. The bird is black and white. Mostly a black body, with white on it's wings and a white ruff around its bold black/grey head. It has a read eye.
Dec 21, 2023, 9:48:24 AM [original]
Mrs K Husky
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This is such a striking little bird. Not one I see very often as it's mainly down at the coast and well we don't go there very often. However we were at the coast yesterday and came across a small group of Common Waxbill, I managed to get lots of out of focus shots of the group 😂 but managed get this one on it's own in focus.

A small finch bird perched on a piece of cane. The bird has a red bill, long tail, and a red eye stripe. It has fine bars running through it's plumage with a white throat. This one has a pinkish flush to it underpart. The cane behind the bird is mostly blurred out.
Jan 5, 2024, 9:21:38 AM [original]
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Two Cormorants perched on the end of wall with the dull sea behind them. One bird is looking over it's shoulder to the other behind it. The bill is long, thin, and sharply hooked. There is yellow skin at the base of the bill and some white. The plumage is mostly dark. The closed wings have a scaled pattern.
Jan 7, 2024, 11:41:17 AM [original]
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While out and about the other day we bumped into this beautiful female Kestrel. She was sat on top of a tree watching for potential food, which she spotted and flew off to try to catch, I lost sight of her.

A common Kestrel just about to take off from a tree. She is on the top of the tree with a blue sky behind. She has her wings out and legs are springing her forward.
Jan 10, 2024, 9:38:49 AM [original]
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At 2500m in the Sierra Nevada mountains of Spain yesterday I came across these hooligans (Coal Tits) rolling around on the floor. It was like scene from a film 😂 They were trying to kill eachother, I had to split them up in the end, remind them they had to eat plenty, rather than fight, to make it through the night! No idea what the argument could be about, do you?

A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor. A blurred shot.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
A pair of birds, Coal Tits, engaged in a fight, rolling around on the wet, snowy icy floor.
Jan 13, 2024, 9:46:46 AM [original]
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The friendly and charismatic Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus). I found out recently that they pair for life ❤️

Picture of an Alpine Chough pair. The plumage is glossy black with a yellow bill and red legs. The front bird is looking directly at the camera with the bird behind looking away. They are both on grey rock with snow behind them.
Mar 11, 2024, 10:41:10 AM [original]
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Before coming to the UK I got to spend a few hours birdwatching with friends. The most numerous raptor during that time were the returning Short-toed Eagles.

An adult Short-toed eagle flying from the right of the picture to the left. The sky is pale blue. The bird has dark markings and a dark hood, showing it's older age.
A young Short-toed eagle. The bird is flying from the left to the right of the picture. The sky is a pale blue. The bird has very pale markings showing it's young age.
May 3, 2024, 1:49:44 PM [original]
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Perhaps the most exciting bird we saw that day was the Little Bustard. We saw 3 different male birds. This bird is quite difficult to see, besides it's camoflauge, it's habitat is being destroyed so there are not many of them left in our province. Sadly the thing that is destroying the habitat the most are solar farms, thousands and thousands. It's horrific to see.

A ploughed field with a Little Bustard male bird just off centre left. The bird blends in really well to the brown ploughed field.
A male Little Bustard flying (there were two) in a pale blue sky. The bird is very duck like while flying and quite comical.
May 3, 2024, 3:05:27 PM [original]
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I can hear you thinking "Why is she posting this awful shot?" It is rather exciting. In this picture there are 3 species of vulture. Taken at 2200m in Sierra Nevada mountains, in the Granada province. Among the more common Griffon vultures there is 1 Black & 1 Bearded vulture. The Black is a very occasional visitor to our province. The Bearded is part of a successful reintroduction programme in . Not many have seen this in our province

A photograph showing mostly Griffon vultures flying around, some with a blue sky background and some with the bare mountain with a patch of snow background. The bird circled in red (top left) is a Bearded vulture (the bone breaker), they are trying to breed in the Sierra Nevada after a successful reintroduction programe in Andalucia. The bird circled in purple, just above the skyline on the right, is a Black vulture, not often seen in the Granada province. The birds were a long way off, it's a poor photo, but a record shot of a scene not many people have seen in the Granada province.
May 30, 2024, 11:59:35 AM [original]
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While back in the UK in May I watched a pair of Blue tits who had nested in a bird house in my Dad's garden going backwards and forwards with food. I didn't get to see the babies fledge, but my Dad reports that they did. Does anyone know if they will have two broods in a season or just the one?

A small Blue Tit bird perched on a metal bracket with a yellow background behind. The bird has a tiny yellow/green caterpillar in it's beak.
Jun 2, 2024, 11:51:54 AM [original]
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I always get a thrill when I am able to spend time with these wonderful birds, natures clean up crew. This bird was seen at first light after we had climbed a peak. Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), also known as the Eurasian Griffon, is a large short tailed vulture with excellent eyesight and in flight can spot an animal carcass from a distance in excess of five km (info from Bird Fact).

A Griffon vulture lit up by first light gliding below the photographer. The rocky background is blurred out.
Jun 22, 2024, 10:47:29 AM [original]
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Around here Golden Oriole are shy birds making them really difficult to photograph well. Another season has passed without a good opportunity. The closest I had was with this family group just before they left for Africa. They were still out of range of the camera and were messing around before the sun came up so light was poor. Anyway regardless of that, how many can you spot in this picture?

A family of Golden Oriole birds in an almond tree. One adult flying at the bottom of the picture.
Aug 30, 2024, 8:28:13 AM [original]
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The first Saturday of September every year marks International Vulture Awareness Day , uniting thousands globally to raise awareness about vultures' importance and the urgent need for their conservation.
This is a picture of Griffon Vulture that I took close to home. Vultures: vital guardians of the natural world, not just mere scavengers. Find out more about vultures vultureday.org/vultures/

Picture of a Griffon Vulture flying in front of a rock wall. The bird is eye level with the photographer.
Sep 7, 2024, 1:12:15 PM [original]
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This sweat Northern Wheatear won't be around in the mountains much longer as the seasons start to change and it heads off somewhere warmer for the winter.

A small bird with it's back to us looking over it's shoulder stood on a dark rock with a blurred out background. The bird is a Northern Wheatear.
Sep 12, 2024, 10:09:23 AM [original]
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A view of a Griffon Vulture flying below the photographer. The head of the vulture is read as it had recently eaten. The view below the vulture is blurred out trees and hillside.
Oct 13, 2024, 10:49:57 AM [original]
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Spotted near the Alhambra palace in Granada. The colours of these birds never fail to amaze me in their vividness.

A beautiful male Peacock stood in an open space with trees in the back ground. The bird does not have his tail raised.
Nov 6, 2024, 8:15:49 AM [original]
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We had an amazing encounter with a Bearded vulture (Lammergeier) yesterday in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Of course I had the small point & press camera rather than my usual birding lens and camera. The sky was awful for bird photography. But what mattered was the encounter. It's always so special when an unexpected wildlife encounter happens.

A Bearded vulture flying in the sky. Photographer looking up at the bird. The sky is a light grey colour. The birds is mostly brown with a wedge tail.
Nov 20, 2024, 12:43:34 PM [original]
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The wonderful and very vocal Southern Lapwing, possibly the Patagonian subspeices (chilensis/fretensis)? I need someone who knows more than I do to confirm or disagree with that. I like how this shot shows the spur on the wing just pointing through the back chest feathers. These can be used defending it's young or territory. Quite the feisty bird 💪

A wader bird, Southern Lapwing. Red eye, pink bill, black front of face and chest, grey head, bronze oil spill looking patch on the shoulders, white belly. Legs are pinkish grey. Standing among grassy dandelion patch.
Nov 21, 2024, 4:22:11 PM [original]
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These guys always remind me of bandits 🙃

A small bird near the bottom of the picture. A Common Waxbill has a red eye stripe, red beak, white chin and cheeks, brown grey barred wings with a touch of red on the chest. The background is dark and blurred out.
Dec 2, 2024, 11:27:18 AM [original]