Wildlife

Sopley Common Birds

The title says it all, this post is photos of birds spotted at Sopley Common before the strict covid -9 virus rules around movement came into force.

There are 3 different species of birds, a tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis), a Stonechat (Saxicola torquata), and Goldfinches (Carduelis carduelis).

Here the tree pipit took after the 1st part of its name, sitting in a tree.

Tree Pipit
Tree Pipit

This female Stonechat posed nicely on part of a dead tree.

Female Stonechat
Female Stonechat

and here are the goldfinches, with the 2nd and last shot capturing one of them eating the pine code seeds.

A Goldfinch
A Goldfinch
A Goldfinch eating the pine cone seeds
A Goldfinch eating the pine cone seeds

Pete

I have been shooting nature with Olympus digital & Olympus OM camera gear on film since 2004

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