Happy new year to all at UKB!!. I wonder if any of you can pick out a highlight of this year and what you would like to see/do butterfly wise in the year to come.I think mine was a simple rare sunny day at a local patch photographing Green Hairstreaks.I have seen only common and holly blues so I hop...

Yes Pete

Hi all,
Couple of pics taken today at Draycott Water,I dont think the Coot had much idea what to do with the fish as he ended up chucking it back.
Shaun

Hiya,
Your right sounds like a winter female Stonechat,
Got a picture yesterday of one if it rings any bells.
Shaun.

Hello all, Nice pics.Siskins seem to be in good numbers this year with some visiting our feeder for the first time for a while. The Short Eared Owl is a great pic I have to travel into the staffs moors to see them usually.Nothing much bird wise to photograph here due to naff weather,although I did n...

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Much better eye detail Eccles,I tend to run away from tampering with the pics to much but simple things like that can improve them a great deal.The Hawfinch was a distant 500mm range and above the skyline silhouetting it,so it was just a case of getting a record of it. P.S I dont know if you have yo...

Thanks Eccles,
Not any good with photoshop im afraid sharpen contast and cropping is about my limit,
How dark are the coal and blue tit as they are showing ok on my screen?
Cheers Shaun

Sorry Shirley,
The first is a Hawfinch,The second is a Coal Tit not showing its crown stripe.
Shaun.

Nice pics Eccles, I had a great hour at C. Chase photographing the birds on the feeders when this first fellow turned up,Its been 20 years since i saw one of these,no apologies for the bad photo as I was just trying to get a record of it and i was shaking to much.It stayed for 5 mins before heading ...

Nice pics Eccles,
Shaun

Realy stunning!! pic Eccles you must be chuffed with that. I cant seem to catch a half decent shot of one, one half as good as that would do me a treat.Slimbridge is about a hour and a half away from me you might have swayed me into making the visit as its been about 5 years since the last one :( Sh...

Hi all,
got this Treecreeper on cold Cannock Chase.Hundreds upon hundreds of Fieldfare and Redwings.Bullfinches in good numbers.
Waxwings have moved on,going again tomorrow.
Shaun.

Wonderful pictures,Cant argue about the winners (way out of my league.)
Well done!
Shaun.

Hi Eccles, Yes as Shirley says it is a female Stonechat.The Waxwings (5 in all) were a good sighting though not uncommon at this site,It could be your year to see them as a good Waxwing year is predicted and as the berrys in the north run out they should venture south.Excellent photos with the new l...

three photos taken today on cold Cannock Chase.Waxwings were just a bit off luck.
Shaun.

Sorry to hear that,hope everything goes ok and your up and running again soon (or preferably walking )
Regards Shaun.

Yes I agree great pics!
Shaun

Excellent photo Pete deserved winner,stood out even against some really great pics .
Shaun.

Thanks for the comments, I was watching the feeders on Cannock Chase,when a party of about 12 turned up, as you probably know goldcrests, treecreepers and tits travel round in groups at this time of year so sometimes it can be very quiet the next its manic.A large group of assorted tits :oops: arriv...