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.

Welcome

Hi, this is just a place where I'll be posting some occasional photos and comments about my amateur bird-watching exploits. I'll do my best to identify the birds but I'd appreciate any corrections or comments you'd care to make about them. I'll be starting with a series of pictures taken at Pennington Flash in Leigh, Lancashire, north-west England.