Nature
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Baby Birds
After the excitement of long tailed tits nesting in the garden, we’ve also had a family of coal tits hatch out this week and last week’s baby great tits are now feeding themselves…and this week a couple of juvenile blue tits appeared at the feeder. What a treat it has been.
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Birds again!
Last night we had a talk at Oldham PS, from David Wilkinson of Bury PS . I was admiring a photograph of a wren that he showed and wished I could see one in the garden…then, would you believe it…this lunchtime, what should appear on my bird perch….a little wren!…didn’t stay more than a few seconds but I managed to get a few quick shots from the living room window as I had already set the camera up on the tripod. Maybe I’ll manage to get his tail totally in focus next time, but I’m pleased with my first attempt! Another visit from a coal tit completed my hour or…
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Garden Birds
Having set up our bird feeder a bit late in the season, I’m delighted to say that we have seen quite a few different varieties of small birds. I set up the camera today for half an hour or so and managed to bag a few shots. I’m particularly pleased that we had visits from a coal tit and a bullfinch, the first year I have seen either bird in Saddleworth. In fact, I was just packing up when the bullfinch arrived and I snapped a couple of pictures of him.
