A cold bright and frosty Saturday morning was a welcome relief after what has seemed like weeks and weeks of dark and wet ones. I headed off to Pennington Flash, for just a couple of hours. It never disappoints and is always a safe bet for something to see, no matter how common. Plus, it's just a wonderful place to spend some time away from the hustle and bustle and mundaneness of everyday life.
Lots was seen, both out on the water and along the many paths. Cold weather always brings the birds out to forage for food a little less carefully than normal. There were plenty of finches, Robins, Blackbirds and Tits. Plenty to brighten up anybody's day.
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Wow Adam, what a colorful bird. I'm glad you had a good birding trip. Enjoy the rest of your day. Jo
ReplyDeleteBeautiful shot. Great markings and color variations. I'm often blown away by feather patterns.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful !!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty bird!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful bird and photos! Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
ReplyDeleteA couple of my favourite garden birds.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing your photos. Please remember that what is common for you is definitely NOT common on the other side of the world. Those birds are beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Mick, I love seeing photos of everyday things from home since becoming an expat
DeleteBeautiful - these are lovely little fellows! I wish I had some in our yard!
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beautiful shots, such pretty birds #animaltales
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteTerrific bird snaps. Cute little small birds.
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What a pretty bird! We get a lot of Blue Jays and Cardinals along with Doves in my backyard!
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What a beautiful little bird.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures, it is such a relief to see lighter mornings isn't it? Makes such a difference to my first dog walk too x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful captures! We're so lucky as our garden is filled with Blue tits and Great tits.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully colorful captures of the birds. Well done. Visiting from Image-in-ing.
ReplyDeleteLisa at Life Thru the Lens (link-up at www.liskerner-slp.com)
I wish we had both these birds here! They are so cute! Great photos as well!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds, and great photos.
ReplyDeleteVery nicely captured.
ReplyDeleteI love colourful birds. - Margy
ReplyDeleteYou must live right near us. I love Wigan flashes for a nice walk. So lovely yo be right on our door step and great pics #AnimalTales
ReplyDeleteBeautiful birds.
ReplyDeleteTwo birds I am confident to identify and I can even identify the call of the great tit. Lovely photos as ever and thank you for adding them to #AnimalTales
ReplyDeleteLook at those wings. Perfect shots!
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Yes a beautiful photo. We have those in Ky. too. Lots of Cardinals, really light up in the snow.
ReplyDeletePerfect image composition and lighting and close-up.
ReplyDeleteJM, Illinois-U.S.A.
two stunning shots
ReplyDeleteTwo lovely birds that are always nice to see.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an wonderful birding day! Gorgeous photos!
ReplyDeleteI agree as it has been very drab here.... Lovely photos Adam.... Michelle
ReplyDeleteI wish that beautiful color spot would fly across the pond ;).. Or else I wish I had a magic carpet! . How I'd love to see some of your birds that we don't have. http://travelingrainvilles.typepad.com/traveling_home/2016/01/joy-of-shorebirds.html
ReplyDeleteThey're adorable!
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What a beautiful bird and so well captured! I always enjoyed the titmouse birds at our bird feeder in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, but none were so colorful as your blue one! For the past 20 years I've been living in South Africa. I'm visiting from Photo Friday. My weekend blog hop:
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Such amazing crisp and colourful images!
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These are one of my favorite birds. Beautiful captures!
ReplyDeleteThose feathers are such a crisp blue! Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYou got some great captures. Beautiful colours, too!
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