Tuesday 3 February 2015

Fieldfares, a Coal tit and a Peregrine

Starling, Sturnus vulgaris
Yesterday we met Linda at Pulborough Brooks and enjoyed a short walk followed by an excellent lunch. Two Fieldfares came reasonably close and a Jay flew off. The feeders by the restaurant attracted a Coal Tit, Reed Buntings and a Great Spotted Woodpecker which fed on the far side of the feeder. A Peregrine dived into the area, but was seen beforehand by the white doves and other birds which scattered before it arrived. Afterwards we enjoyed coffee at Linda's and watched her Starlings devour mealworms on the feeder.  A Collared Dove perched high up.
Fieldfare, Turdus pilaris
Jay, Garrulus glandarius
House Sparrow, female, Passer domesticus
Blue Tit with male House Sparrow
female and male House Sparrows
Coal Tit, Periparus ater
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major
Great Tits, Parus major
Nuthatch, Sitta europaea
male House Sparrow
Blackbird eating mealworm, Turdus merula
Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus

Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto
leucistic Blackbird, Turdus merula at Waltham Brooks

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