Saturday 20 June 2015

SATURDAY CRITTERS - Inch Wildlife Reserve (Part 4)

As I mentioned the other day, I promised to show you more photographs of Yellowhammers and you will also see House Sparrow, Greenfinch, Chaffinch and Dunnock either on the stills or the video at the end of this post.






House Sparrow, Chaffinch (M & F) and Yellowhammer















Greenfinch












On the video I mention a rat and that was when I visited this area in January 2015 which I have not managed to show you as yet (some day!).  The noise you hear in the video is the rain on the ground and on the roof of my car!

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For next week, I leave Lough Swilly and will continue my journey further north west of Donegal, as the next day,  I was meeting my friend Chris and a couple from my bird class to go for 2 days to Tory Island which is off the coast of Donegal.  However, Mother Nature had different plans so i will tell and show you ALL that starting Monday.

I am linking this post with SATURDAY CRITTERS.

Many thanks for your visit and I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Thanks for all the comments you leave. I appreciate every one.

39 comments:

  1. Great video house sparrow is different from Polish Home

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  2. Always nice to these beautiful birds !! I love them !!
    Have a nice weekend :)

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  3. Great series ;-)
    CĂ©line & Philippe

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  4. Nice post. I'll be in the UK next week, so I hope to catch up with a few common birds I have not seen for a while!

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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  5. Hello Margaret, awesome birds and photos. The birds are all so pretty. I enjoy your video too. Thank you so much for linking up and sharing your post. Have a happy weekend!

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  6. Hello Margaret.
    Beautiful pictures of these different birds.
    The video is beautiful.
    Have a happy weekend.
    Best regards, Irma

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  7. Lovely Yellowhammer. I have only one on film, and that was a bad one indeed,.

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  8. Cute little birds! They're so busy eating.

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  9. Birds are such busy, busy little things. Loved hearing the birdsong too.

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  10. Hi! Many beautiful series of birds. I enjoyed your video too.Thanks for sharing.

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  11. That is a wonderful collection of bird pictures. Love the one with a seed in it's beak. Good shot!

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  12. A delightful color on this bird...I love yellow, and I think I've never seen this little cutie before!

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  13. I always enjoy seeing your birds. Such interesting colors and sometimes expressions on their little faces.

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  14. the yellowhammer is certainly bright and beautiful, but i love those chaffinches!

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  15. How bright is the head of a yellowhammer! Love seeing those birds when I'm out cycling, although you don't see as many as a few years ago, sadly.

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  16. What a beautiful bird, that yellowhammer! So plump and cute! (I'm assuming that's the yellowhammer in the first photo?) Have a wonderful weekend, Margaret.

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  17. Yellowhammer,
    I'll see red if this hammer knocks me hard.

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  18. Love that little, yellow bird. Nice photos!

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  19. Loving your pictures! Thanks for sharing! Phyllis

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  20. Cute little birds. The Yellowhammer is really pretty.

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  21. cute little ground feeders, pretty colors and markings!!!

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  22. Looks like these are some well fed birds ~ good for them! These are lovely photos of these cute little birds. This must have been a fun day :)

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  23. Fantastic photos and video, Margaret. Loved all these little guys! Loved the close-ups!

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  24. Lovely shots of the yellowhammer - such great little birds :) Haven''t seen one yet this year so it was good to see yours. Have a lovely weekend :)

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  25. Lovely post of different birds, Margaret. And I always love hearing your voice! Does the Chaffinch male have a blue head and the female is plain? Have a great weekend. Jo

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  26. I can never get close enough to Yellowhammers for a decent image they always fly off. Can't believe how many you got, well done. Have a good weekend

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  27. Thanks for sharing these pictures.

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  28. The Yellow Hammer shots are brilliant! They're all singing like made in hedges here at the mo x

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  29. What magnificent colours, and great photos.

    thanks for sharing.
    Bshell

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  30. Magnificent colours and great photos

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  31. I was thinking of yellowhammers earlier today. Thought I have some images not posted. But I never get this close to them and mostly I see them in winter. In summer they are in the woods.

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  32. Pretty collection of freeloaders you have, Margaret!
    ~

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  33. Lovely Yellowhammer images Margaret.

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  34. Pretty colors on these birds!

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  35. What a fun collection, I like a day in the life, just being a pretty bird!

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  36. Lovely little birds! Before I knew the name, I called these guys 'spanaries' (cross between sparrows and canaries)!

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