Fieldfare Invasion - ending today, no berries left soon

   
At least 24 Fieldfares, 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Redwing and 11 Blackbirds, along with the ever present Tree Sparrows, Greenfinches, Chaffinches, Blue, Coal and Great Tits, my first Yellowhammer this year and very rare for here, a Black-headed Gull.

I've posted photos in all lights, from 0830 through to 1630 and with my D500 and P1000 I am currently assessing a lot of video, mostly bad due to light and a few should be usable.

Later though....

Lit up by the sun and its reflected light from the snow

A tight close up with the P1000

Upstairs bedroom shot, handheld at F13

On a neighbours roof

Eating the pears I put out for the Fieldfares

Mistle Thrush a first for my garden (I think)

A disgusting hate campaign - you decide

   
I knew this was bad, but not as bad as is detailed in the latest Raptor Persecution Scotland post.

Read it at the link below, Shocking!

Click here to access the post I detailed above

WARNING: For those of a sensitive disposition this post will contain examples of grossly offensive material so if you’re likely to get upset by reading it I’d suggest you don’t go any further than this point.

Songbirds - a second look (part 3)

   
Yet another second look at my old photos and this time it took an age to look through them and decide what was worthy of inclusion. Today it's basically songbirds from a folder named Small Birds and this is the third of four posts which I'll need to cover 111 photos. Some species have both male and female photos where appropriate and if I had photos.

Killiecrankie, a video filmed through the mists of time, or a mist net, click here

Nuthatch some years ago at the visitor centre at Killiecrankie O

Pied Flycatcher at Usan, I remember this being on a cool misty morning with a Sparrowhawk sitting not far away on a fence

Pied Wagtail near Glaxo in Montrose

Juvenile Red-backed Shrike near Torry in Aberdeen

Red-breasted Flycatcher at Usan

Redstart, newly fledged chick in Glenesk

Female Redstart

Male Redstart

Redwing on Barry Buddon, not far from Barry Halt

Reed Bunting male near the site of the old Dowrie Works at Elliot

Female Reed Bunting on the Wigeon Hide path at Montrose Basin

Ring Ouzel female, Lochlee

Male Ring Ouzel

Robin at Forfar Loch where they are particularly comfortable with walkers going by

Rock Pipit behind the Old Brewhouse in Arbroath

Rosy or Rose-coloured Starling in a private garden near Carmyllie

Sand Martin chick having an easy day at the Ythan Estuary

Sand Martins

Sedge Warbler in early season at Elliot

Shore Lark on the lagoon at Tentsmuir, Fife

Siberian Chiffchaff at Keptie Pond in Arbroath

Female Siskin in Montreathmont Forest

Siskin male

Skylark, a species struggling with modern farming methods, a walk through cereal crops hardly produces an insect these days!