Collection of birds taken during the past 12 months.

[CWH]

Are all these birds native to Germany? I have never seen a Dipper before.
Keep posting the photos. Love 'em.

Here in the UK I've seen them in lots of places including Cornwall, Lake District, here on Skye, and even in urban centres like Inverness - they just require a fast-flowing stream or river with a good stone they can dive from and get back to! - a lovely little bird, fascinating to watch.

 

[Kozikot]

Here in the UK I've seen them in lots of places including Cornwall, Lake District, here on Skye, and even in urban centres like Inverness - they just require a fast-flowing stream or river with a good stone they can dive from and get back to! - a lovely little bird, fascinating to watch.

Plenty on the Lyn in Lynmouth...

 

[Kozikot]

We're Very Lucky where we live... Here's a Couple from the Garden this Year...Sorry about the Quality but taken on a Cheap Mobby...

 

[CazPaul]

Here's my 3 offerings from the garden last spring and summer(Snake)

Poor quality photos compared with the OPs.

 

[Ginger.Tog]

Are all these birds native to Germany? I have never seen a Dipper before.
Keep posting the photos. Love 'em.

No, you'll find the Dipper in around streams, weirs etc very common in the UK, EU.

Time for some ducks?

Mallard, Drake.

Mallard, Hen

Greater Scaup

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[Gaston aires]

Great pics, must have been a really good camera.
Phil

 

[Gaston aires]

Poor quality taken on phone but turned around and this was in front of us at Grand Canyon Feb 20 Phil

 

[Puddleduck]

Are all these birds native to Germany? I have never seen a Dipper before.
Keep posting the photos. Love 'em.

When I was working our town centre office backed out onto The Gala Water (fast and shallow at that point) and we would see Dippers almost every day. There were Kingfishers but usually all one would see was a flash of blue as the went by. Also a family of otters used to come and visit.

There were also rats but that is another story!

 

[Audturn]

Fabulous bird photos ....... thank you for posting

 

[Bobby-gg]

Here are my efforts taken Christmas week in the garden, the problem I have is have to take them through the kitchen window which isn't ideal

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[Ginger.Tog]

Great pics, must have been a really good camera.
Phil

Thank you. Most of the photos are taken with a 5D Mark IV + Canon 100-400mm II / Sigma 150-600 Contemporary. Just before Christmas I switched to a Nikon Mirrorless system (z6) with a 200-500mm lens.

 

[old-mo]

My offerings... Taken through a dirty window...

And the mess they leave behind..... But don`t mind, feel it`s an honour to have them as neighbours..

 

[Mickey1]

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spanish hooper

 

[Mickey1]

Spanish Hoopoe

 

[CWH]

Spanish Hoopoe
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I always think of them as toffee-hammers.....

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[daveandsan]

I looked at the bird feeders this morning and wondered where all the Goldfinch had gone until i spotted this perched in a neighbours tree.

 

[Sheddy]

Spanish Hoopoe
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We had a couple on the lawn by the swimming pool here at Villasol a few weeks ago, very busy birds.

 

[CWH]

I looked at the bird feeders this morning and wondered where all the Goldfinch had gone until i spotted this perched in a neighbours tree.

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I think your goldfinches must have come here - I haven't seen any for a few days but there are a good dozen or more on the feeder just now!

 

[Mountain man]

Here’s a couple of my photographs juvenile cuckoo and waxwing .

 

[CWH]

Here’s a couple of my photographs juvenile cuckoo and waxwing .

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wow what's with the cuckoo!!!

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[Mountain man]

Another I thought I would share however not a bird but a Golden ringed Dragonfly feasting on a bumblebee photo taken with iPhone 5s

 

[Mountain man]

wow what's with the cuckoo!!!

Cuckoo was waiting on a Meadow pipit that was feeding it .

 

[Carol]

Ginger.Tog your Duck photos along with the dippers are so clear please keep them coming. Enjoying the others being posted as well our bird life does bring a lot of us pleasure.

 

[Mountain man]

Red Squirrel taken with my bridge camera .Albino frog taken with iPhone 5s

 

[Mountain man]

Robin.Bridge camera

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[Zoobec]

We went for a walk in the snow yesterday, and saw this robin. Taken quickly with my iPhone so not a great photo!

 

[Mountain man]

Wow! blown away by all the lovely comments, thank you to each and everyone of you!!

As CWH pointed out - the list below is correct with regards to the above photos. (Could not edit my initial post to insert names.)



From now on I shall put the names of each bird directly above the image.

These images are of the same bird (Dipper; named for their bobbing or dipping movements)

... if you look closely to the 2nd image you can clearly see from the Dippers breath just how cold it was!

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Dipper pictures are fantastic love them.

 

[irnbru]

Heres my resident squirrel. Ginger.Tog your photos are fabulous.

 

[Kozikot]

Another I thought I would share however not a bird but a Golden ringed Dragonfly feasting on a bumblebee photo taken with iPhone 5s

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Here's its Dad or could be a long lost cousin ! ...taken with Samsung S6...

 

[Ginger.Tog]

Heres my resident squirrel. Ginger.Tog your photos are fabulous.

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Thank you, I have a collection of Squirrels too but will add them to a separate thread!

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