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Two juvenile birds, neither having the bright colours of adulthood yet. Greenfinch, Chloris chloris Great Tit, Parus major

A male and female Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula in the garden Male Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula Female Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Dunnock, Prunella modularis and Robin, Erithacus rubecula. Fairly common in my garden. Normally Robins are very territorial but at the moment my resident robin tolerates the juveniles that are still around. Dunnock, Prunella modularis Robin, Erithacus rubecula

Goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula

A Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major that visits my garden. I think I need to move back a bit so I can get the complete bird in the frame, That's a cheaper option than buying a new lens :D Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, Dendrocopos major Juvenile Great Spotted...

I'd gone out to my portable hide in the garden, sat down and immediately saw a male Sparrowhawk, Accipiter nisus land on a branch at the bottom of the garden, 68ft away. My Garden is on three levels, and the bottom level is perhaps 12ft below the top level. This put the bird slightly below me...

Four more birds that visit my garden. Think it's time to change my perch. :D Juvenile Great Tit, Parus major House Sparrow, Passer domesticus Juvenile Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

Another 3 from the garden Dunnock, Prunella modularis Robin, Erithacus rubecula. A bit scruffy and moulting, so looking a bit weird without a tail. Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus on a Foxglove Digitalis purpurea

Two regular visitors to my garden. Male Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula Female Bullfinch, Pyrrhula pyrrhula Juvenile Greenfinch, Chloris chloris in a dispute with another greenfinch about the food queue.

There are a lot of juvenile birds at the moment which is always a good thing. The problem is because I feed the birds, the local sparrowhawk had decided it's a good place to hunt. Not managed to get a recent shot of it but I've seen it numerous times. Greenfinch, Chloris chloris Goldfinch...

A couple of birds seen in my garden. I was going to post 3 images but for some reason one of the images will not upload to my gallery and gives the error "The uploaded image contains invalid content. Please upload a different image. " Not sure what's invalid :confused: Goldfinch, Carduelis...

3 more shots from my time with the Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa striata

Wikipedia "The spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to Siberia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range." Spotted...

From Wikipedia "The grey wagtail (Motacilla cinerea) is a member of the wagtail family, Motacillidae, measuring around 18–19 cm overall length. The species looks somewhat similar to the yellow wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and vent. Breeding males have a...

A summer migrant, the Redstart, Phoenicurus phoenicurus Wikipedia "The Common Redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), or often simply Redstart, is a small passerine bird in the genus Phoenicurus. Like its relatives, it was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family, (Turdidae), but is now...

From Wikipedia "The great black-backed gull (Larus marinus) is the largest member of the gull family. Described by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as "the king of the Atlantic waterfront", it is a very aggressive hunter, pirate, and scavenger. It breeds on the European and North American coasts...

Fairly common and normally easy to photograph due to their tolerance of humans, a Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres Ruddy Turnstone, Arenaria interpres

It's always difficult shooting against a grey sky, but I still liked this quick snap of a Linnet, Carduelis cannabina I took last week. Linnet, Carduelis cannabina

Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis Meadow Pipit, Anthus pratensis

Sorry, just some more shots of Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula as they're not something I see that often. Looking at my photo records I only had one poor photo of them until now. Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula...