Entries in Birds (207)

Monday
May272013

Woodpecker

A greater spotted woodpeck (Dendrocopos major) feeding its young in a nest hole on an oak tree.

I first heard the young twittering but didn't see the nest entrance until the adult flew to it.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-05-25.

Sunday
Mar102013

Tufted Duck

A male tufted duck, Aythya fuligula.

Photo taken from the dam at the lower end of the large lake, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-03-01.

Sunday
Feb032013

Robin

A robin (Erithacus rubecula) with food, presumably for nestlings.  In the UK robins lay their eggs from early March to June, and the eggs take 14 days to hatch.

Photo taken in Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2012-04-27.

Monday
Jan142013

Vulture

What I think is a white-backed vulture, Gyps africanus.  Similar to the griffon vulture, Gyps fulvus.

Photo taken at a Sci-Fi convention at Reading University on 2008-08-29.

Thursday
Oct252012

Red Kites

Red kites (Milvus milvus) over Chazey Wood.  I often see one or two on my walks there but on this day there were eight.  Earlier I had seen a buzzard high over Reading, and later on my walk I saw a kestrel in Chazey Wood itself.

Photo taken near Caversham, UK, on 2012-10-20.