View allAll Photos Tagged springwatch
Please see Local Birds & Wildlife 2017 set www.flickr.com/photos/wendycoops224/albums/72157677498251730
Hello everyone...Ive been that busy...and taking photos of others had taken priority. I took this today, because;-
1) I love the thought of Spring approaching and
2) Someone (missing my uploads) asked me to show my face!!
© All rights reserved
dunnock ~ prunella modularis (aka hedge sparrow)
RSPB Amber status list.
This is a sight we don't see very often. Dunnocks are mostly ground feeders and can usually be found scurrying in and out of bushes and hedges.
This is the nest that has been lovingly built in the Laundry Outhouse at our farm... A very busy place but mum has raised four beautiful chicks in there despite the comings and goings!
This shot whilst not as good as those I would take later further down the lane, has a lovely soft feel created by the first rays of a new day.
On reviewing my pics from last week, I realised I had actually filmed both the upper barn owls.
These two shots were from my first encounter of the day. He flew off down the lane, having watched me for a few minutes, as I crouched down by a farm gate.
When I came across his partner a few minutes later, I incorrectly assumed they were the same bird.
Barn owl (Tyto alba)
Yorkshire Dales - Upper Barn male
Many thanks to all those who take the time to comment on my photos. It is truly appreciated.
2862
I was watching Springwatch this evening and got a feeling of deja vu when I saw the Snipe photo on the back of their cue cards, and on the screen at the back of Chris Packham and Michaela Strachan. I don't mind the BBC using my photograph but it would have been nice to have been credited.
I took the photograph in Upper Teesdale four years ago.