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Finches in flight

Not the easiest photographs to take. I decided to take advantage of a bird feeder where the birds are slowing down, coming in to land.…

Siskin

Siskin nicely posing for the camera … one of many interesting garden visitors attracted by my hosts’ lavish avian lunch offerings …

St Monans at night

Calm waters and a clear night provide a mirror-like reflection of the harbour-side houses

Startling Starling

I’m not sure why this starling has such a manic look – although they are quite manic birds, always squabbling and fighting. It had just…

Alca torda

Having featured puffins and guillemots, it would be churlish not to complete the trio of auks that nest on the Isle of May. So here’s a…

Unbridled guillemot, and bridled …

Sticking with auks … “Bridled Guillemot : A form of the Guillemot Uria aalge with a white eye ring and a thin white line extending…

A is for auk

First post. The auks are a family of “medium-sized seabirds with long, barrel-shaped bodies, short tails, very small wings and short legs set far back…