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A tufted duck earlier this evening. Clearly couldn't quite get to sleep despite it being bedtime!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/76999116@N05/
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I didn't manage a photo at all (unfortunately) but I saw an odd bird this morning on the neighbours lawn, as I left for work. It looked to me generally pretty much like a starling but had large white patches more or less at random over both body & wings - more or less a black & white piebald appearance. Unlike a pied flycatcher it had quite a bit of black on the underside too.
I'm sure many of the residents on this thread are much more knowledgeable about bird recognition than me, can anyone suggest an ID?
That's probably it, shame I didn't have the camera handy.Could simply be a case of 'leucism' ... reported to be increasing amongst Blackbirds, Starlings and some other garden birds.
those are one of the prettiest birds you can find, beautiful colouring, well done and a nice clean image.Our local Mandarin is back on the lake, his Mrs was around too. Let's hope we see some young ones this year.
Mandarin2 by Steve Jelly, on Flickr
The first proper visit and sighting of a Robin this year, last year this guy was in and out of the garden daily but this winter no sign [of him or his partner in crime] I bought some "high energy suet pellets with berries" in Dealz the other day and he seems to like it, seeing more blue tits and Green finches start to appear too.
Can't beat a Robin to warm your heart.... Taken most of my feeders down as we're moving. Just have one sunflower seed and one niger seed feeder up. Starlings aren't visiting as they only come in for fat balls or mealworms, so it's just the tits and the Goldies at the moment.