Stephanie Graham

A throwback to today last year, and this rather cheeky grey squirrel #ukwildlife

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Beautiful 🧡

They’re tricky little birds. I’m yet to see a male singing from the top of the bushes and catch it in an image. They always pop up and down so fast it’s like whack-a-mole with me having lots of lovely photos of empty gorse and heather 😂

Thank you Glen. I think they’re quite cute birds, especially how they cuddle up and smooch.

They are indeed. I need them to teach me their ways 😆

Lovely nuthatch Christian. Such pretty birds (despite their bossy nature) 💙

Thank you. Yes, the females are often overlooked too, but sometimes the details in their feathers is stunning.

A common wood pigeon against a black background (low key photography) - the bird is soft shades of grey with a white neck patch, with shades of green above, plum coloured breast and a pale yellow eye.

Common Wood pigeon (Columba palumbus) in low-low key. One of the great things about common birds is that they are more used to human presence and give an opportunity to experiment with photographic styles. Besides which, as common as they may be they’re often still beautiful. #birds

A European goldfinch on a fence post. The bird is facing right with its tail to the front of the post, it is coloured buff, white and black, with yellow along the wing and a red face.

A European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) hanging around on a fence post. #birds

An Anna’s hummingbird sitting on the end of a branch next to a fan of green leaves.

An Anna’s hummingbird sitting on a branch looking into the camera. Its face is lit up with pink and yellow iridescence

A brilliant little Anna’s Hummingbird
#birds #hummingbirds

Reed Warbler

Dartford Warbler (likely juvenile)

Sedge Warbler

Blackcap

I just saw that Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay is warblers
So here’s a selection;
Reed Warbler (Acrocephalus scirpaceus)
Dartford Warbler (Curruca undata)
Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus schoenenobaenus)
Eurasian Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) #birds

Lovely photo, Mart 🧡

Not the best photos in the world, but a couple of Sand Martins photos.
I took these in May during a very gloomy morning waiting for the Ospreys to move from their nest. #birds

A group of Canada Geese flying across the ferns at Bushy Park. #birds

A giraffe peaks at us while surrounded by green leaves. Only its neck and head are showing above the trees.

Hi there!
This giraffe took time out from munching on leaves to check us out for a few seconds. At over 5 meters tall, they eat the leaves that no body else can reach!
Taken in Kruger Park, South Africa
#wildlife

An African Fish Eagle flys in late evening light along a shadowed river bank. The sun highlights the rusty brown feathers and the striking white head and tail.

There are a lot of different eagle and hawk species in South Africa, but there was one in particular that I was hoping to see.
It was kind of hidden by branches, high in a tree , but then, this African Fish Eagle took off to check out the riverbank in the late evening light!
#Birds 🪶

Beautiful shot Glen. Such strong animals.

A bull African Buffalo crosses a river in Kruger park, South Africa. He is walking towards us and has quite large horns. He is carrying about a dozen red-billed oxpecker birds on his back. The oxpeckers are eating ticks and parasites off the buffalo and also acting as sentinels to warn the buffalo about approaching predators.

African buffalo are one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. They can way 900 kg and are apparently considered grumpy.
I’d be grumpy too if I had to carry a bunch of yelling red-billed oxpeckers around all the time!
This bull was slowly eating his way down the Sabi River in Kruger Park, SA

Thanks Lorraine 😊

It is. They really do help to raise a smile. Looking forward to seeing your photos.

I definitely want to spend more time watching them 🥰

A #singing #eurasianwren for #BirdOfTheDay

Thanks Den 😊

Is there anything more cuter than a little red squirrel 🐿️ 💚🤎 #ukwildlife

Thanks for the tips. That’s really helpful to know.

Thank you. They’re so confusing - I hoped it might fly so that I could get a closer look. This was a lagoon just set back off the coast maybe 500 metres or so.

Thank you. I find them so confusing unless they’re flying.

What do you think of this Godwit (lower left in image) - bartailled or blacktailed? #birds #BirdId