BIRDS

FEB MOST DUCKS HAVE NOW MIGRATED TO THEIR OWN DROP-DOWN PAGE…

MAR …AS HAVE GARDEN BIRDS

SWAN’S HEAD, PROSPECT PARK BROOKLYN

HERRING GULL, PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL

EAGLE OWL AT AN OAK FAIR, DORSET

This fine bird was part of a display at an Oak Fair in Dorset (see also BARN OWL). I only had a ‘family day out snapping camera’ with me, so the close-ups are a little ‘soft’. Never mind, the feather patterns have come out reasonably well…

BIRD ON A WIRE: A SEPTEMBER SWALLOW PREPARES FOR THE LONG FLIGHT SOUTH

A MALE ROOK WATCHES OVER THE NEST AT THE TOP OF A HUGE OAK TREE – DORSET The top of the female’s head can just be seen in the nest

A SURPRISE VISITOR IN A DORSET GARDEN

We don’t often get game birds right up by the house. Pheasants from time to time, but never before a red-legged partridge. I’ve already noticed many more in the local countryside this year – maybe they are on the increase. This is one of a pair that have been pecking around during the last few days