Bird of the day!

[Adam Cheeseman]

Just got the Little Bunting at Amwell Gravel Pits today. Cracking little bird that is coming into its breeding plumage now. 161st species for the year.

Cheers,

Adam

[glsammy]

Originally Posted by Ollie

Bird of the day for me has to be this Great Crested Grebe because it was the first bird I photographed today and It's the first time I have got close enough to one for a half decent photgraph and I have been trying for ages.
Roger

Nice one Roger. I knew you'd get one!

[glsammy]

Mine today is one of the Starlings nesting next door. I was sitting in my posh new hide for hours today and I was accompanied by this Starling given an amazing repertoire of bird song. I didn't realise how varied the Starling song can be, I wish now I'd recorded the bird.

[JoanB]

Lapwings! Everywhere I've been over the last week I've seen a few lapwings. Hear them first of course - perhaps they're always around but only make noise at this time of year?

[JoanB]

Lapwings - almost everywhere I've been this week I've seen one or two. Heard them first, really. Or do they only make noises at this time of year?

[balkantrek]

My bird of the day was a Yellowhammer. Had a wonderful close up view of a male sitting on a fence post at Wye & Crundale Downs in Kent. It was a glorious sunny day, and his yellow head seemed to have an extra special brightness.

[Barbara]

I have never seen a willow warbler or a yellowhammer maybe sometime in the future I will be lucky enough to say they were my birds of the day.

Lovely crested grebe Roger, I have not seen any this year. But I have seen plenty of your Starlings Graham I find them quite amusing birds with great character Great close up

My bird of the day has to be this Heron, I have never been so close to one before or got a near decent shot of one before but this one was more than happy to pose for me.

[rolf]

Cracking shot Barbara, how close were you?


My bird of the day was this little chaffinch, singing his heart out in Sulham Woods a couple of hundred yards from me.

Managed to record his song as well for posterity.

[Barbara]

Hi rolf and thanks, I am no good with measurements but I would guess about 30 feet away possibly not even that. I was suprised at it's small size, I expected it to be much larger close up.

Looks like your chaffinch is a very happy chaffinch, lovely shot, well done

[Beryl]

My bird for today is this Blue Tit chasing the ladies