Young Robin, today:



Older Robin, today:

My favourite bird

Seriously though, lovely shots

More from today:

Some poor quality snaps fro today.

Can you name the birds in this one:



Quite a rare bird (but locally common here):



A tough bird to see usually:

Looks like a Dunlin but it could be any of the sandpiper family

Middle picture is a Green Sandpiper.

Top picture (ignoring extreme bacground) - Teal, Common Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Lapwing.

Bottom one - Jack Snipe.

Didn't know there was a bird called that. Most of the pubs round here are named after birds (town planners loved themes by all accounts) and I thought the Jack Snipe was one of the few that wasn't. Well you learn something new everyday. Cheers.

A few pictures i took at a biking event called Hit The North held in Manchester DSC_2342 DSC_2320 DSC_2373

A few pictures i took at a biking event called Hit The North held in Manchester DSC_2342 DSC_2320 DSC_2373

I mentioned the Photo Zoom software I was trying out, well, I took the plunge, and hope you don't mind here's its effort at your robin, after a Curves boost. It can do better than this, but the file size gets bigger. I reckon it is a far better effort than any of my existing software, has a nice feel about it.

I aim to please! Jack Snipe are pretty hard to see normally. Well camouflaged and very secretive. The harsh weather means that they (and others) are more likely to come out into the open. It was for that reason I walked through the snow to go and look for them - paid off! Also saw a Water Rail, another bird that likes to keep hidden (although more often seen).