Fieldfare 097 Tynemouth 2102
A big snow fall meant that the large flocks of Fieldfare that winter on the upland meadows of Northumberland were forced down to the coast. Snow doesn't often lie at Tynemouth so I made the most of the opportunity. As I was off on vaccation from work but couldn't go anyhwere due to Covid restrictions, I compensated by spending several hours freezing in my garden hide!
Fieldfare are a most attractive thrush, noisy and aggressively commanding whatever piece of fruit they were eating. Most of ours breed in Scandanavia or European Russia and spend the winters hunting earthworms and gleaning hawthorn berries in the Cheviots.
There photos are particularly for Martin Dollencamp who repeatedly makes me drool by putting photos of Varied Thrush up. I guess Fieldfare is almost as desirable for Canadian photographers
Fieldfare 097 Tynemouth 2102
A big snow fall meant that the large flocks of Fieldfare that winter on the upland meadows of Northumberland were forced down to the coast. Snow doesn't often lie at Tynemouth so I made the most of the opportunity. As I was off on vaccation from work but couldn't go anyhwere due to Covid restrictions, I compensated by spending several hours freezing in my garden hide!
Fieldfare are a most attractive thrush, noisy and aggressively commanding whatever piece of fruit they were eating. Most of ours breed in Scandanavia or European Russia and spend the winters hunting earthworms and gleaning hawthorn berries in the Cheviots.
There photos are particularly for Martin Dollencamp who repeatedly makes me drool by putting photos of Varied Thrush up. I guess Fieldfare is almost as desirable for Canadian photographers