Desperately want it to be a Wren!

[dbozkurt]

Post 2

I have been trying to capture a Wren in Stornoway for nearly a year now, its one of the only places they live on the Outer Hebrides. They either are too quick, hide or the light is bad! They are so intelligent, you hear them so you creep nearer and they stay quite, you give up move away and they start singing again as if to say na na got you!

So this windswept morning, dressed in my thin office skirt on the way to work I am crawling in the under-growth. Is this a wren? The other bird I thought it could be was a young robin, but wrong time I thought!

It is a bit fluffed up but that was the wind and it was only 8.45am!

Thanks Debs

[vinnychameleon]

yep. I would say thats a wren

[Ollie]

Definitely a Wren Debs, you can tell by the small size and the distinctive eye stripe in the second photo. Extremely difficult birds to photograph and you have done well to get these.
Roger

[colincurry]

Well done - hard to capture - nice pics

Colin

[wyevilla]

[quote=dbozkurt;99421]Post 2


So this windswept morning, dressed in my thin office skirt on the way to work I am crawling in the under-growth. QUOTE]

Well it is a troglodyte!

[John]

Well there's a lesson to be learnt. Wear the skimpiest of outfits in the most inclement of weather and connect with a bird you thought you would never photograph.

Mmmm!! I thought I was doing something wrong.

Congrats Deb's. You got your bird.

John

[dbozkurt]

Originally Posted by John

Well there's a lesson to be learnt. Wear the skimpiest of outfits in the most inclement of weather and connect with a bird you thought you would never photograph.

Mmmm!! I thought I was doing something wrong.

Congrats Deb's. You got your bird.

John

I don't think you do badly John....if fact your pictures are brill......I think you have been twitching in your bermuda again!

[John]

Originally Posted by dbozkurt

I don't think you do badly John....if fact your pictures are brill......I think you have been twitching in your bermuda again!

Well I am about to do another marathon again as I am just about to leave for a days birding in Cornwall. Should I dress in shorts and tee shirt methinks.

John

[GuyF]

Are yo off to look for the White-Billed Diver John? It looks like a beautiful bird, I wouldn't mind seeing one!
Guy

[John]

Originally Posted by GuyF

Are yo off to look for the White-Billed Diver John? It looks like a beautiful bird, I wouldn't mind seeing one!
Guy

I have found one myself in Scotland once, but that is the only one I have seen.

We are trying for a few birds down there. W B Diver, Gyr, Franklins Gull, Spot Sand, Dusky Warbler, Y B Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Asian Species) American Wigeon, Spoonbill, Red-necked Grebe, Spot Shank, Common Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe, Iceland Gull to name but a few.

John

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by John

I have found one myself in Scotland once, but that is the only one I have seen.

We are trying for a few birds down there. W B Diver, Gyr, Franklins Gull, Spot Sand, Dusky Warbler, Y B Warbler, Lesser Whitethroat (Asian Species) American Wigeon, Spoonbill, Red-necked Grebe, Spot Shank, Common Sandpiper, Slavonian Grebe, Iceland Gull to name but a few.

John

Good luck John- Cornwall seems to be the Holy Grail at the moment- I wish I was going- the elusive Gyr would be a real feather in the hat!

[smartie]

Oh I hope you do find a Gyr, as I have absolutely no idea what it is or looks like. I'm not going to look it up yet, though, I'll be optimistic and wait for your photo.

[nightshade]

Nice pictures,they are suprisingly difficult to see despite being
one of our commonest birds and what a voice it has

[John]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Good luck John- Cornwall seems to be the Holy Grail at the moment- I wish I was going- the elusive Gyr would be a real feather in the hat!

I will tell you how my day went later today in my diaries thread as I feel I have suddenly hijacked this thread.

John