Tuesday 9 February 2021

It snowed lightly for most of the day. The Great Tits ...


... and Blue Tits were very hungry, and thronged out to be given pine nuts.


A Nuthatch to the west of the leaf yard collected a single snowflake.


These two Robins at the foot of Buck Hill are thawing out of their winter enmity and becoming mates again.



There were two rival males and a female Blackbird at the Dell. This is the most Blackbirds I've seen together for months.


A Carrion Crow dug some unknown object out of the snow.


A Pied Wagtail found a small creature on the edge of the Serpentine.


Black-Headed Gulls preened together on the boat platform.


A young Herring Gull amused itself by rolling a plane seed around.


A Moorhen in the Italian Garden found a bit of cucumber from someone's sandwich, cold comfort on a freezing day.


An Egyptian Goose rested on the balustrade at the Serpentine outflow.


The dominant Mute Swan on the Serpentine was persecuting the others as usual.

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  1. It's weird how such difficult and inhospitable conditions can make the most beautiful pictures, Christmas card-worthy. The first one is especially beautiful. I imagine the small birds must have been ravenous.

    Good news about the three Blackbirds. Perhaps they'll be back for Spring...

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    1. I had to keep that poor Great Tit jumping about impatiently for two minutes till it settled on a yew twig in just the right place for a picture. But of course it got its reward in the end, and shortly afterwards came back for a second helping.

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