Nuthatch at Bunting Hide, Pennington Flash

A trip to Pennington Flash today produced very few decent photographs today, or so I thought. However, when I finally got round to processing them I was quite pleased to come across this one of a Nuthatch, one of very few that were in focus as the bird doesn't stay still for long:

Collared Doves

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Collared doves always seems to go around all 'lovey dovey' in pairs - ah, ain't that sweet?

Species: Collared Dove

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Pheasant

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It was quite a surprise to see this pheasant turn up in the Bunting Hide.

Species: Pheasant

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Greenfinch

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Looks more yellow than green to me!

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Species: Greenfinch

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Chaffinch

This is a male chaffinch:

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But are these females ?

Species: Chaffinch
Date: 30 January 2010
Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Great Spotted Woodpecker

I really wasn't expecting to see a Greater Spotted Woodpecker here.

Species: Greater Spotted Woodpecker

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

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Blue Tit

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Species: Blue Tit

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Dunnock

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The Dunnock used to be called the Hedge Sparrow and it's easy to see why. They can easily be mistaken for sparrows.

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Species: Dunnock

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Bullfinch

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I can't believe how colourful the male Bullfinches are.

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Species: Bullfinch

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Song Thrush or Mistle Thrush?

Species: Thrush

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Wren

This brave little wren flew right next to me inside the hide and started fluttering away in the top corners of the roof. Although I knew it was inside the hide it was so dark that I couldn't see it, so I just fired a few shots off with my camera. I was really pleased to get a few great results like these shown here.

It turns out that the wren eats mainly insects and it was searching for spiders in the webs in the top corners of the hide.

Species: Wren
Date: December 2009
Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Robin

I have never seen so many robins in one place as there are at Bunting Hide. There must be at least ten of them here.

Species: Robin

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Long Tailed Tit

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I didn't realise how pinkish these little birds were until I took these photographs today. I really like the symmetrical three-pointed shape the birds shown below are making.

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Species: Long Tailed Tit

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Great Tit

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Here's a wonderful picture of a Great Tit taken from the Bunting Hide at Pennington Flash. It's just about the closest photo I've managed to take so far.

Species: Great Tit

Date: 30 January 2010

Location: Pennington Flash, Leigh, Lancashire

Brambling

This LBJ (little brown job) looks quite like a chaffinch but when it appeared at the Bunting Hide the other birders went mad trying to photograph it. Apparently it's a visitor from Scandinavia and this was its first appearance this year.