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@Swanseajack Have you tried suet balls stuffed into/on the perches?
@Swanseajack Have you tried suet balls stuffed into/on the perches?
Looks GSW to me Simon
Head on photos can be very difficult, but you've nailed it with this one Gramps.
•just the usual stuff from me
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I think the first two are a bit shy on tonal definition
as the later two are quite better!
•laid up with a ruptured Achilles
Not good, hope it heels (get it? ) pretty quicklyI'm in the huff, laid up with a ruptured Achilles, so haven't been taking images but thankfully I have this forum to enjoy, esp' this page.
Thanks for all the takes folks.
I think its a young GSW because the red is coming through on the rump, on a Lesser Spot there is only red on the head. The photos are superb.Yes Gramps, along with peanut butter, cheese, peanuts wedged into holes etc.......... Where the photo is taken from, it's where we back onto woodlands which are private. Going on last years efforts the GSW would land on a big oak tree in neighbours garden, suss out the area and just swoop onto feeders. Or land on my workshop roof as was the case yesterday.
My perches aren't very large in diameter, perhaps it maybe worth buying some wood stakes or find some old bigger tree trunks and try and encourage them onto them with bigger holes stuffed with food.
Some pics from last year and it's way of movements seem similar to yesterday. I did manage to grab a few last year where it would land on on perch but they were very few occasions. So my target was to try and catch some in-flight photos, which didn't, quite go to plan.
In Oak Tree,
20150526-DSC_4311 by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
Workshop roof
Great Spotted Woodpecker by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
Perched LSW? there was a discussion on this last year whether a LSW or GSW
Lesser Spotted Woodpecker by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
My in-flight attempts
Diving Woodpecker by Swansea Jack, on Flickr
Not sure what this is so had not posted, perhaps someone here might know. I am not really a birder just a dog walker who likes taking photos.
Nest building by Martin Billard, on Flickr
From this mornings dog walk. There were 4 of them all male but I carry a 300f4 and 1.4xTC and could not get them all in a frame before they flew off but now I know where they are I will try something with a bit of zoom.
Two out of four by Martin Billard, on Flickr
Watched this male Blackbird today washing it's lunch of worms today, never seen this type of behaviour before. Just some grab shots through kitchen door.
Must be the same one I sawI saw a Cuckoo today,no matter how much i followed it couldn't get closer than about 35 yards,the annoying thing is it kept shouting over here to me.
Great shot. Love those little birds.
Snapped this little chap this afternoon. Stonechat I think?
Untitled by robert shearer, on Flickr
And his pal......
Untitled by robert shearer, on Flickr
Yup, it's a Stonechat
Nice pics