Garden

A selection of birds and bugs from the garden so far this year, particularly some of the new arrivals.

Male Blackbird squaring off against an upstart Starling

Blackbird and juvenile ("Squeaky")

Blackbird feeding

7-spot Ladybird

Bee

Peacock butterfly

Zebra Spider

Zebra Spider

Green Shieldbug

Fly in tulip

Female Blackbird with a "gob full of squidge"

Tulip

Robin

Male Chaffinch

Male Chaffinch

Fledgling Robin

Female House Sparrow

Soaked Blue Tit

Blue Tit Shower

Common Ink Cap

Common Ink Cap dissolving

Coal Tit

Fledgling Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Goldfinch

Canoodling Collared Doves

Even More Garden

Still snatching the odd shot, or couple of hours in the hide, when it isn't raining or just too dull to bother with anything else. Things are getting very busy now, with many more fledglings and busy parents. The seeds are going down at a fantastic rate, and the fatballs can't withstand the hordes of Starlings.

Fluffed female House Sparrow

Starling

Collared Dove and wildflowers (some might say weeds)

Female Blackbird sunbathing in the bushes

Starling

Goldfinch

Female Blackbird drying off in the bushes

Female House Sparrow

Hungry Blackbird fledgling and parent

Goldfinch

Goldfinch

Goldfinch fledgling

Blackbird fledgling

Blackbird fledgling

Blackbird fledgling

Robin fledgling

Robin fledgling

Robin fledgling

Starling

Starling fledgling

Starling fledgling

Starling fledgling demanding food

Starling fledgling

Male Blackbird

Male Blackbird

Female Blackbird

Starling fledgling

Starling fledgling

Starling fledgling just starting to show adult plumage

Starling

Greenfinch

Great Tit fledgling

Blackbird fledgling in Buttercups

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