the big garden birdwatch

the big garden birdwatch has always been a bit wierd for me. last year we only had 1 dunnock. this year though we had 3 dunnocks, 1 great tit, 1 robin, 4 blue tits, 2 goldfinches, 1 blackbird and a greenfinch
here are some of the photos i took through the window


robin on the bird bath

blue tit analysing the feeder.......

........from a different angle

should he take the plunge????

he cant look any more

a new lense for the new camera

got my new 300ml lense of friday-=here are some of the garden bird pictures

goldfinch

finches

finches

finches

starling

these were taken no more than 10mins ago

these however were taken sunday aka yesterday morning

great tit

great tit

blue tit

redwings

30ish redwings in bradshaw this afternoon
strictly speaking not in bradshaw but below the school in a feild
good views

new camera and howarth

bought my new sony alpha 200 slr yesterday but was too dark to test it
tried it this morning.....

....but still some way to go

then took it to howarth to have a go

1 dipper

infinate long tailed tits

driving

noticed 4 kestrels whilst driving home today on the wires
not all at the same place

oxenhope moor

a cold morning in bleak -1.5 degree conditions
40 (precisly) red grouse, i very close, so close you could see every detail
1 robin
1 very breif glimps of a golden plover
3 flyover mipits
almost trod on a rabbit whilst running, this practically killed me with fright

a sucsessfull morning

burnsal

a quiet morning down by the river
4 dippers
one seen swimming diving and doing other stuff about 2m away
numerous goosanders quite close
blue tits, great tits, long tailed tits, nuthatches
mallards
heard some "fencepost" birds which were probably mipits

ogden

coal tit

a quick walk round this morning

1 greater spotted woodpecker

usual gulls and mallards

birdtable birds:

1 chaffinch

2 coal tits

2 robins

1 great tit

bolton abbey-yesterday

goosander

jesus duck-walking on water

a very nice walk but little to show for it:

2 goldcrests less than 2m away hovering and just being goldcrests-superb

a pair of goosander swimming up the river

1 dead long tailed tit, perfectly preserved

1 live long tailed tit in the tree tops

1 jesus mallard walking on water

merry christmas