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Spotted Woodpecker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxJKEt0SdZU&feature=youtube_gdata
June 28 2010, 8:15am | Comments »
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Warning - Alexandra Lake
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/4425022840/
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March 11 2010, 8:38am | Comments »
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Turnstone at Southend on Sea Pier
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2009/11/14/turnstone-at-southend-on-sea-pier
Turnstone at Southend on Sea Pier, originally uploaded by AndyRob.
I believe that Turnstones should be included as urban wildlife for the way they like to colonise pires, harbours, boat ramps etc in the man made marine environment and the way they behave. Turnstones seem to like hanging about very near people, keeping themselves just a few feet away at times, as they happily wander about pecking at the shorline, floorboards decking or harbour walls.
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November 14 2009, 7:38am | Comments »
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Greenfinch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6uuozRhuNQ
July 19 2009, 5:23am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/3674505059/
Andyrob posted a video:
Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the peanut feeder.
June 30 2009, 8:02am | Comments »
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I posted to flickr.com
Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aroberts/3661545734/
Andyrob
Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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June 25 2009, 7:21pm | Comments »
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Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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Andyrob
Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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June 25 2009, 7:19pm | Comments »
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Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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Andyrob
Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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June 25 2009, 7:17pm | Comments »
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Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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Andyrob
Flightless birds at Kew Gardens
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June 25 2009, 7:16pm | Comments »
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Fledgling Baby Birds
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2009/05/28/fledgling-baby-birds
It’s peak season for fledgling baby birds in our garden right now and every day seems to bring new additions to the hungry crowd.
The baby great tits have been a joy to have around for the past week or so, with a blue tit family sometimes keeping them company. Then yesterday fledgling baby sparrows made an appearance, followed by young juvenile starlings today. I have a feeling there must be some young robins about but I haven’t seen them yet, likewise for the wrens who can be heard singing early in the morning but tend to stay in the cover at present and we know there are gold crests around but they just wizz past so fast you don’t notice until after they’ve gone. With all this going on just outside the window it’s difficult to get any work done!
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May 28 2009, 3:12am | Comments »
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What Easter is all about - Two Swans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlMqrgZhanA
April 12 2009, 11:19am | Comments »
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How to Photograph Birds
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2009/04/06/how-to-photograph-birds
Wild Bird Photography Do you like watching wild birds? I do. Wherever I travel around the UK and the world the local wildlife is at least as interesting as the built environment to me. I take a lot of photographs without following any particular instructions and over the years I’ve produced very few good bird pictures, and that can be a bit frustrating at times. There are lots of pictures of small fuzzy distant ducks, little avian specs flying across a boring expanse of sky, and countless pictures of a wooden post from which a glorious example of an interesting bird species has just flown away out of sight. Why only yesterday I took a picture of a tree trunk with a goose flying behind it. How many shots have you taken like that? I’ve kind of accepted that you can’t get good pictures with ordinary cheap point and shoot cameras. But I’m not the sort of person who lugs a large camera bag around all day long, let alone a full length tripod. So which are the best compromises? Tips On How to Photograph Birds Most days I take a walk around the local duck pond just for a constitutional really, and keep an eye on which birds are visiting. Tame birds are easy to photograph and so are large ones like swans and geese. Birds which are preoccupied with feeding or some other essential activity may also be photographed from closer up when they are distracted by something important. Getting up close is the key here. Patiently waiting quietly is a rewarding skill to practice, so work out where is the best place to lie in wait and then stay calmly for as long as you possibly can, but be ready for when the perfect bird appearance suddenly arises.
Basic Equipment for Taking Pictures of Birds Optical zoom is essential, at least 3 times but preferably more powerful. You then need decent lighting conditions. Really, you do eventually need a digital SLR camera, not just a pocket sized micro point and shoot affair, although you can get some good results with these if you learn how to master the manual settings and strike lucky. A tripod is not essential if you have a steady hand, but the use of something to lean upon such as a ledge, wall rock or tree can only help to get a sharper photograph. A pair of binoculars will help to identify distant birds and inform your choice of the best place to wait. These should be wide field of vision rather than high magnification for bird watching. RSPB Digital SLR Competition To celebrate the spring, the RSPB is launching a Free Prize Draw on 6 April to win an Olympus E-520 Digital SLR camera along with a copy of the RSPB Guide to Digital Wildlife Photography (together worth over £400). Five runners-up will also receive a copy of the illustrated book by David Tipling, one of Britain’s best known wildlife photographers. Everyone who buys an RSPB membership online between 6 April and 14 May 2009 will automatically be entered into the prize draw including adult, family, children’s and gift memberships. RSPB membership makes a great alternative gift at Easter time - with over 100 nature reserves to visit with admission free to members.Join the RSPB
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April 6 2009, 3:44am | Comments »
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Big Garden Bird Watch results are out
http://distributedresearch.net/blog/2009/03/25/big-garden-bird-watch-results-are-out
It was one of the biggest pieces of distributed research ever conducted outside of official human population census, with over half a million people investing an hour of their time to watch garden birds and then input data via the RSPB garden bird watch website. The results are now published. I wasn’t surprised to see the long tailed tit rising up the charts, having spotted a few around and about and in our garden recently for the first time since I moved here. Long Tailed Tit With half a million people caring enough about wild birds to take part, the garden habitat is set to become increasingly important for UK wildlife in general, with bird feeders and ordinary wild bird food now being available in so many more outlets such as supermarkets and hardware stores, not just garden centres and pet shops. The 2009 garden birds top ten UK looks like this:
Position Species Average per garden
1 House Sparrow 3.70
2 Starling 3.21
3 Blackbird 2.84
4 Blue Tit 2.45
5 Chaffinch 2.01
6 Woodpigeon 1.85
7 Collared Dove 1.44
8 Great Tit 1.40
9 Robin 1.36
10 Long-tailed Tit 1.34
The 2009 garden birds top ten Greater London looks like this:
Position Species Average per garden
1 Starling 2.78
2 Woodpigeon 2.77
3 House sparrow 2.41
4 Blue tit 2.05
5 Blackbird 1.87
6 Feral pigeon 1.53
7 Robin 1.29
8 Great Tit 1.21
9 Magpie 1.36
10 Collared Dove 0.88
Outside of the UK top ten, there are 63 other species mentioned starting with the Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Dunnock, Magpie, Coal tit , Jackdaw , Feral pigeon , Carrion crow ,Wren, Song thrush, Pheasant , Great spotted woodpecker , Common gull , Rook , Nuthatch , Siskin , Tree sparrow , Bullfinch ,Pied wagtail , Jay , Blackcap ,Fieldfare ,Black-headed gull, Goldcrest and Mallard ending with the rarest observations of Little owl , Meadow pipit , Skylark and Black redstart.
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