Young blue tit (Parus caeruleus), June 2011
Here are the birds of my Cardiff garden (and occasionally snapped elsewhere). Some of the photographs are portraits of birds I see every day, others are snatched pictures of those I consider a rare sight…
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), June 2011
Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla), June 2011
Blackbird (Turdus merula), June 2011
Blackbird (Turdus merula), June 2011
Young robin (Erithacus rubecula), May 2011
Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on the roof, May 2011
Magpie (Pica pica) in May 2011 with a (blurred) mouthful of raisins - but a good view of the rainbow blue feathers...
Young great tit (Parus major), May 2011
Blue tit (Parus caeruleus) family feeding, May 2011
Blue tit (Parus caeruleus), May 2011
Blue tit (Parus caeruleus), May 2011
Magpie (Pica pica), April 2011
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus rosaceous) with food in its beak, April 2011
Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus rosaceous), April 2011
Blackbird (Turdus merula), April 2011
A long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus rosaceous) in the garden, March 2011. They are very hard to photograph as they won't stay in one place for long, but this year they built a nest in a conifer...
A bit blurred, but just about caught this magpie (Pica pica) taking off from an ash branch today, March 13, 2011
Female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the garden, February 7, 2011 - usually we see only black-capped males in winter but this one was also in the garden all winter. She's very aggressive to other birds around the bird table, too...
Bluetit (Parus caeruleus) on an icy day, December 1, 2010
Blackbird (Turdus merula) on an icy day, December 1, 2010
Collared dove (Streptopelia decaocto) on an icy day, December 1, 2010
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) taking ownership of the bird table on the first day of Arctic weather, November 27, 2010
I saw this sorry-looking jackdaw (Corvus monedula) on my way to work on November 15, 2010. Apparently it's a pigmentation fault called leucism.
Although I see and hear the chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) in the trees, it rarely comes this close - caught on the birdbath, September 19, 2010...
A starling (Sturnus vulgaris) on the rocks by the sea at Porthcawl, South Wales, August 18, 2010
The garden in early August 2010 - young robin (Erithacus rubecula) with attitude
The garden in mid July 2010 - collared doves (Streptopelia decaocto)
The garden in mid July 2010 - parent wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) with harvestman (Phalangium opilio) in its beak to feed its young
The garden in mid June 2010 - male blackbird (Turdus merula) with beak full of raisins
The garden in mid June 2010 - starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
The garden in mid June 2010 - wood pigeon (Columba palumbus)
The garden in the first week of June 2010 - baby great tit (Parus major)
The garden in the first week of June 2010 - baby blue tit (Parus caeruleus)
The garden in the first week of June 2010 - long-tailed tit (Aegithalos c. rosaceous)
The garden in late May 2010 - pale juvenile starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
The garden in late May 2010 - carrion crow (Corvus c. corone) in field maple tree...
The garden in late May 2010 - blackbird (Turdus merula) after a bath
Magpie (Pica pica) in the garden in mid May 2010
Juvenile blackbird (Turdus merula) in the garden in May
The garden on May Day - coal tit (Parus a. brittanicus)
Male blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) eating Mahonia berries in late April
The garden in April 2010 - fox and robin
Male chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) in the garden in April
Just about caught this shot of a darting chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) in the garden, March 27, 2010. Small and hard to ID, but its call is chiff-chaff-chiff-chaff, which is a bit of a giveaway...
A jay (Garrulus glandarius) in the garden in March
A female blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in the garden, March 12, 2010 - a male had been in the garden all winter
The garden in March 2010 - coal tit (Parus a. Brittanicus)
Grey wagtail on the neighbour's roof in early March
The garden in March 2010 ā dunnock (Prunella modularis)
The garden in February - song thrush (Turdus philomelos)
The garden in late February - female great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) in the garden in January 2010
Coal tit (Parus a. britannicus) in the garden in January 2010
Robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the garden after snow, January 9, 2010 - a bit of a blur as it takes a dip in a small bird bath
Redwing (Turdus iliacus) in the garden during cold weather in late December 2009
Female bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) - eating seeds - it's a rare visitor to the garden - December 27, 2009
Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) in the garden, December 27, 2009 - female (no red patch on nape)
Young robin (Erithacus rubecula) in the garden, July 11, 2009
A blue tit (Parus caeruleus) resting on Japanese anemones in the garden in July.
The greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) visits the garden every July to feed on the Cotinus seeds...
A snatched picture of a juvenile goldcrest (Regulus regulus) in the garden, July 19, 2009 - the picture that prompted me to join Flickr...
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