Showing posts with label red berries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label red berries. Show all posts

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Another birding walk round Walthamstow Wetlands on 10th January 2024

I went to Walthamstow Wetlands for a second time in less than a week in order to try and see the Redwings again.  I was in luck!

Redwing on Cotoneaster plant with lots of red berries



I went for a walk round one of the reservoirs - peaceful scene with electricity pylon in the background

Sleepy Great Crested Grebe

Alert Great Crested Grebe

Little Grebe in a patch of sunlight

Pair of Gadwalls

Grey Heron enjoying the winter sunshine

Blackbird with a berry at the end of its beak
 
Redwing with berry in the sunshine

Redwing flying away with berry



Wednesday, 19 December 2018

Birds on a rowan tree in Kensington Gardens

During November my camera and I went for a couple of walks in Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens.  I spent several hours lurking near a rowan tree that was covered with lots of bunches of red berries, hoping that the birds would not spot me near their tree.

With patience I managed to take photographs of the following birds:

A Jay hanging upside-down as it reached for a small bunch of berries

A Starling with a berry at the end of it's beak

A male Blackbird reaching out towards a small bunch of berries

A Blackbird with a berry in it's beak

A Magpie contemplating the world while sitting amongst a huge amount of bunches of rowan berries

A close-up of a Jay sitting on a branch where there were hardly any berries left

A Mistle Thrush reaching out towards a huge bunch of berries

A Mistle Thrush staring into space while perching amongst the berries

A Wood Pigeon was looking around searching for more berries

A Redwing was wondering why there were so few berries left on the tree!

Needless to say, this is just a small selection of the photographs I took while getting cold near the rowan tree!