Don't you just love it when breakfast delivers itself?

#wrendelight #wren #birds #breakfast #insect #photography

I can now tell the difference between a #Siskin, on the left, and a #Greenfinch, on the right.
The Siskin is polite, queueing for its food, eats slowly, one seed at a time with its beak shut, and doesn't leave a mess.

The Greenfinch, not so much so...

#birds #messy #photography #polite #seeds

Gone a bit dark and moody.

#sparrowhawk #birds #raptor #moody #dark #edinburgh #scptland

It's a day for the good-looking #Raptors. This #Kestrel is unbearably handsome.

#birds #handsome #edinburgh #scotland #birdsofprey

So lucky to see a #Sparrowhawk down by the river today.

#birds #raptor #river #edinburgh #scotland #birdsofprey

Thank you!

#gratefulgreenfinch #birds #greenfinch #edinburgh

Hey you! Yes, you! More seeds in this feeder. Now!

#birds #greenfinch #agressive #seeds #edinburgh

Thank you!

Thank you!

#Kestrel flyby. What a beauty!

#flyby #raptor #edinburgh #sunshine #birds

A wee beauty.

After half an hour chasing this Goldcrest through the trees, he finally gave me a photo… out of pity, I think.

#birds #goldcrest #pity #edinburgh

Thanks, Mo!

Thank you!

I’d love to see your painting if that would be ok?

of course!

It's good to be back on the river. I've missed the local wildlife, and it's great to be welcomed by this gorgeous kestrel.

#birds #edinburgh #kestrel #raptor

Hen harrier sees off a buzzard.
#birds #henharrier #buzzard #arialdual #raptor #isleofsyke

Some more from the #curiouskestrel

#birds #raptors #kestrel #isleofskye #scotland

Hello, down there! What you doing'?

#curiouskestrel #birds #raptors #kestrel #isleofskye #scotland

Some white-tailed eagle shots from up a hill and far away.
#whitetailedeagle #birds #raptor #eagle #skye

Hello, Portree!

#portree #isleofskye #scotland

I love the Goldcrest. Europe's smallest bird, which weighs around 6g - the same as a 20p piece. Unbelievably difficult to spot and to photograph, as they don't sit still at all.

#birds #goldcrest #20p #tiny #photography #edinburgh #scotland

Bertie Bullfinch bags a braw branch. Brill!

#birds #bullfinch #bertie #photography

If you're looking for the kingfisher, he went that way.

#helpfulwagtail #wagtail #birds

It’s Monday so it must be Hen Harrier day.

#birds #henharrier #Monday #photography

It's Sunday. It's Islay. It's peaceful...

...and then the Wren turns up.

#birds #wren #Islay #peace #noise #Sunday #photography

You get a sense of the size of the White-tailed Eagle from these pictures. The other bird is a buzzard, which looks very small next to the WTE. Fascinating to watch the WTE turning upside down while flying to defend himself from the buzzard. #raptor #WTE #buzzard #birds #fight #photography

It's no wonder the hare makes a bolt for it.

#deer #hare #goldershower #humor #humour #wildlife #photography

Stop licking your nose!

#deer #nosepicking #photography #humor #humour