Birds at Yarner Wood, Dartmoor. 31st May 2018

Male Great Spotted Woodpecker

Spent a few hours at Yarner Wood on Thursday although the weather was good on the moor it was very dull & misty down in the valleys.

However the Pied Flycatchers were actively feeding young and the Woodpeckers looked ready to fledge at any moment.

We also found a nesting Redstart, high up in a tree and not in a nestbox.

Great place, just needed a bit more light!

Never happy!

Male Pied Flycatcher

Male Redstart

Female Redstart

 

Robin nesting in the car park

Hawfinches and others at Egloshayle. 6th & 7th Jan 2018.

There's been up to 6 Hawfinches around the cemetery at Egloshayle for a week or so now and as it's just a stonesthrow from my house I've milked it a bit!

Super birds and of course as you spend time watching them you become aware of lots of other birds and today I had a Brambling on the top of a distant tree.

Also Redwings are starting to eat the Ivy berries after a couple of frosts have softened them up a bit.

Here are a few images.....

Redwing

Brambling

Dunnock

Robin

Blue Tit

Coal Tit

Robin

Sometimes the simple, uncomplicated images work best and these few shots of a singing robin fall into that mould.

I was just packing up my gear after photographing the Treecreepers nest building when this little guy started singing it's heart out just above the car.

Shots were taken with the lens resting on the car roof!

Singing Robin

Robin

Singing Robin