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I know the grass spoils the view but I didn't fancy putting my hand near his face! (or upset him)
Taken on the Dorset coast.
Springwatch is an annual TV venture on the BBC here in UK where they visit an area of wildlife interest with livecams in nestboxes, video features of various wildlife projects, etc. It's very encouraging how much interest it generates.
This isn't regrettably our garden, but an area of the local country park.
I think the ones with black heads are coal tits? Or great tits? And the other one a chaffinch?
(I'm always iffy about varieties!) (you wouldn't think I'd lived in the countryside 23 years. don't know much beyond the obvious - trees and plants too. shameful)
A lickle bunny having a munch, snapped in a lull between the birds at RSPB Dungeness - a wierd place well worth a visit!
some not very good shots of our barn owls,these have nested here for 3 years now, hope this year is better than last year it was so wet i dont think they raised any chicks,but this pair are bringing in a mouse every 5 minutes or so .been a good year for this old ash one succesfull great tit brood ( in nest box ) and a pai of Jackdaws nesting in a hole below the owls,
I've no idea what any of the things actually are in this photo except that it's my window in the background :-)
Snapped with an old Kodak DX6490 in macro mode.
This young Sparrowhawk alighted on the garden fence just as the Sun was setting. What a panic to get my zoom lens out of its case and attached to the camera!
Check out the different sized pupils.