A pictorial diary of my walks around the parks and wild areas of Leicestershire, and occasionally farther afield.

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Showing posts with label Coal tit. Show all posts
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Monday, July 2, 2012

Watermead Saturday - 30 June 2012

There weren't many water birds about today, probably didn't like the wind. But in the car park, I put out some seed on the fence post and just had time to pick up my camera before the first Chaffinch arrived. That was a male, a female soon followed and another male. There followed a bit of a discussion about who should be feeding there.

Canon EOS 7d, EF100 - 400mm L lens
1/160 @ f6.3, iso 1600, 400mm
This was a later visitor and he arrived with what looks to be an Emerald Damselfly firmly clamped in it's beak, I suppose it wanted some meat with it's veg.

Canon EOS 7d, EF100 - 400mm L lens
1/80 @ f6.3, iso 1600, 400mm
The Great Tit went straight for the nuts when the chaffinch wasn't looking.

Canon EOS 7d, EF100 - 400mm L lens
1/80 @ f6.3, iso 1600, 400mm
And this malting Blue Tit wasn't too sure what to do, so it stood there looking scruffy.