Tuesday 27 December 2016

The Little Owls in the lime tree near the Henry Moore sculpture have recaptured their hole from the invading Rose-Ringed Parakeet. The female was perched in front of it, but she is a nervous bird and when she saw me she flew into the next tree.


The female Little Owl near the Albert Memorial was basking in the sunlight. It was a cold morning and she was fluffed up to the maximum.


The sunshine started a Goldcrest singing in a tree at the southwest corner of the bridge, and one of the pair appeared for a moment.


There is also a pair of Coal Tits in this shrubbery ...


... and a Robin.


The holiday had brought people to the leaf yard to feed the parakeets. A pair were sharing an apple.


Feral Pigeons were bathing on their favourite duckboard in the Italian Garden ...


... watched by a pair of Gadwalls.


A Moorhen was climbing carefully down the vertical surface of a clump of dead willowherb on one of the reed rafts. It would have been easier to fly down, but Moorhens enjoy a climbing challenge.


One of the Grey Herons at the island flew up to the nest in the birch tree.


A Great Crested Grebe charged down the lake and just about got airborne before giving up the struggle.


This young Herring Gull and Lesser Black-Backed Gull have just reached the age, about 18 months, when adult feathers are coming out on their backs, so that it's possible to confidently tell which is which.

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  1. I was able to take a beautiful photo of both Albert Memorial Little owls sunning themselves outside their hole. This was the first time I've had the privilege of seeing them together!

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    1. It's rare to see them together, though I have sometimes seen a second one in the hole peering over the first one's shoulder.

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