#pied flycatcher

[michaelnordeman]

European pied flycatcher/svartvit flugsnappare. Värmland, Sweden (May 3, 2020).

#european pied flycatcher #pied flycatcher #svartvit flugsnappare #birds

[besidethepath]

Some bird pictures from yesterday - I was especially happy about the friendly pied flycatcher.

#photographers on tumblr #original photography #bird watching #birding #bird photography #urban birding #Hamburg #robin #Rotkehlchen #Mistel thrush #Misteldrossel #black cap #Mönchsgrasmücke #pied flycatcher #Trauerschnäpper

[blogbirdfeather]

Pied Flycatcher - Papa-moscas-preto (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (9/09/2022)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR]

#birds #bird photography #passerines #flycatchers #pied flycatcher

[dansnaturepictures]

The eleventh and final post of my 2022 wildlife and photography highlights blogs: My bird and butterfly year in numbers

I wanted to end this year’s highlights blog thread by doing something I did enjoy doing from my old style highlights posts before I ended them, say a bit about the numbers of my year for my two most seriously taken year lists birds and butterflies which are always going to be a big factor of any assessment of the success of my wildlife watching year. And 2022 has been a hugely successful year for me, with my bird year list currently on 206 making it my highest ever bird year list which is something I am incredibly proud of. It has been a year of wonderful birding adventures and I have taken immense joy in building up this bird year list, really competing and ultimately beating my past year lists. For butterflies I saw 45 species making it my joint highest ever year list alongside 2021 and 2019. Repeating this was a delicate task as there’s only so many species I can afford not to see before it becomes not doable such is how much I saw in previous years and I had such fun getting everything lined up with species seen throughout the spring and summer months.

For my bird year list similarly to previous years it was a strong start, I saw my second highest ever amount of species after one day on New Year’s Day and I ended January on 125 species seen, my highest ever after a month of the year and level with my 2011 total which I was pleased with. It kept pace with my highest past year lists after that but the big moment to look back on was our April Pembrokeshire holiday where with the star seabird species targets of that week mixed in with migrant species we picked up it made my year list race ahead of where all of my others had been on those dates and it kept this position throughout my year after that which felt like something so special.

My butterfly year list kept pace with where my previous year lists had been on given dates and it was another year of butterflies for species seen I was over the moon with. For my three other year lists I keep; my dragonfly/damselfly year list this year is my joint second highest ever total alongside last year, my mammal year list is my joint highest ever total alongside 2019 and whilst I only began doing these again/seriously last year my moth year list this year is my highest ever with 40 species seen as in my amazing year of seeing moths this year they really came to the core of my interest. Of course it’s so much more than species names on a list, each entry represents a strong moment of connection to nature in seeing a species and a lot when considering every species of course I saw more than once. I love doing year lists and when I look back throughout my hobby in 2011 when I decided to start year lists mostly a birdwatching thing but I did it for the others too, it’s one of the best decisions I’ve made. The lists this year help paint the picture of why 2022 has been a phenomenal year of wildlife watching and photos for me and one of my best ever.

Finally, building on my other highlights posts the past few weeks; I have seen some sensational bird and butterfly species this year. From notable for patch Shoveler and Snipe at Lakeside, to Black-browed Albatross and Bee-eaters in Yorkshire and Norfolk, with Honey Buzzard, Bittern and Black-necked Grebe other highlights in between I have seen so many fantastic species. Purple Sandpiper, Whimbrel, Hobby, Black-throated Diver, Glossy Ibis, my 100th bird of the year Common Crane and 200th Wryneck, Brambling, Slavonian Grebe, Woodlark, Whooper Swan, Temminck’s Stint and Garganey were some of the many other standout species I saw this year. For butterflies ten key species I saw were Duke of Burgundy, my first ever Essex Skipper, Silver-spotted Skipper, Lulworth Skipper, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Clouded Yellow, Purple Hairstreak, Purple Emperor, White Admiral and Marsh Fritillary. I took the first five pictures in this photoset of Wryneck at Lepe in September, Pied Flycatcher at Portland that month too, Water Rail at Rutland Water in July, Lapwing at Pig Bush in the New Forest in April and Black-headed Gull at Lakeside Country Park in October. I also took the final five pictures in this photoset of Grizzled Skipper at Martin Down in May, Speckled Wood at Lakeside in September, Holly Blue at Lakeside in May, Chalkhill Blue at Stockbridge Down in July and Dingy Skipper at Stackpole in April.

#photography #nature #uk #world #birdwatching #purple sandpiper #purple emperor #temminck's stint #lulworth skipper #year list #butterflies #butterfly #chalkhill blue #stockbridge down #lakeside country park #lepe #portland #portland bill #pied flycatcher #honey buzzard #bittern #wryneck #2022 #reflections #year #highlights #highlight #common crane #glossy ibis #brambling

[devilbirder]

Finland patch

A week on a Baltic island was just what I needed. My mind and spirit haven't felt so cleansed in a long time, it was so wonderful to simply be able to step out of the door each morning, immerse in nature, walk any distance and feel like I was truly making my own discoveries. This is how I find contentment!

The shore of the Baltic delivered exciting encounters with tussling White-tailed Eagles, diving Caspian Terns and skittish Wood Sandpipers, plus a brief Osprey and a Great White Egret.

The woods felt like panning for gold which consistently spat out gold. Plenty of species which I missed or which weren't there when I visited briefly a few years ago: Icterine Warbler, Greenish Warbler, Cuckoo, plus Red-backed Shrikes in the clearings, Crested Tits galore, etc.

#birding #birds #ornithology #finland #wildlife #bird photo #bird photography #birdblr #nature #wildlife photography #tree pipit #white wagtail #white-tailed eagle #crested tit #red-backed shrike #wood sandpiper #pied flycatcher #spotted flycatcher #osprey #great white egret #caspian tern #greenish warbler #icterine warbler

[der-reisende-lammergeier]

Some will stay, some will go.

Bird migration in northern Italy.

#long tailed tit #eurasian treecreeper #pied flycatcher #birds #birdwatching #cute birbs

[dianaashworth]

Redstarts in Mid-Wales

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#black redstart #common redstart #Mid-Wales birds #pied flycatcher #Spring migrants #Ynes Hir

[headlikeanorange]

Some of you may know I work at a natural history museum. Today one of the visitors refused to pay for a ticket, so I had to forcibly remove him.

#or her #european pied flycatcher #flycatcher #bird #not a gif?!

[rookflower]

hiiiii can i get a uuuuhhh palebird?

design based on a northern lapwing!

#palebird #warrior cats #warriors #wc #windclan #tallstars revenge #was gonna go w a magpie or pied flycatcher but lapwings feel more windclan-y cause they live in big open spaces #and (checks the wiki) SPECIFICALLY appear in tallstars revenge. so ha

[kitaston]

European Pied Flycatcher

Finland

ph. Sannamari Sallmén

#european pied flycatcher #finland #sannamari sallmen #bird photography #birds

[botaurinae]

european pied flycatcher pair at the nestbox...

#i know what i can use this blog for now!!!! posting bird pics! #photo #backyard birds #birds #flycatcher #european pied flycatcher #bird photography #i got a camera for Bird Photo Purposes.

[michaelnordeman]

European pied flycatcher/svartvit flugsnappare. Värmland, Sweden (June 13, 2020).

#european pied flycatcher #pied flycatcher #svartvit flugsnappare #birds

[proton-wobbler]

Loser's Bracket, Poll 3

Image Sources: Minivet (Vincent Wang); Nightjar (Dubi Shapiro); Flycatcher (Lefteris Stavrakas); Redstart (Luke Seitz)

#hipster bird losers bracket #polls #long tailed minivet #starry owlet nightjar #european pied flycatcher #plumbeous redstart #lol. one of these guys is not like the other

[blogbirdfeather]

Pied Flycatcher - Papa-moscas-preto (Ficedula hypoleuca)

Cruz Quebrada/Portugal (3/09/2022)

[Nikon D500; AF-S Nikkor 500mm F5,6E PF ED VR; 1/1250s; F5,6; 400 ISO]

#birds #bird photography #passerines #flycatchers #pied flycatcher

[dansnaturepictures]

Eight of my favourite photos taken in August 2023 and month summary

The photos are of; Turnstone at Hill Head, Wall Brown at Shipton Bellinger, Double-striped Pug moth at home, Common Darter and Wasp Spider at Lakeside Country Park, clustered bellflower at Old Winchester Hill, mushroom at Millyford Bridge in the New Forest and view with great heather at Ibsley Common in the New Forest.

August was another exciting wild month for me, and for birds movement was the operative word. The beginnings of the autumn migration allowed me to pick up sweet year ticks in Pied Flycatcher and Whinchat, key birds of my year with Wheatear and Spotted Flycatcher enjoyed too. At the start of the month this created some memorable lunch time walks at Lakeside with Cormorant and Common Terns unusual birds there dropping in. Nuthatch and Kestrel were standout different birds to see there this month too. Linnet, Whitethroat, Sandwich Tern, House Martin, Great Crested Grebe, Peregrine, Buzzard, Kestrel and Sparrowhawk including at home were other standouts across this month.

For butterflies it was another exquisite month, with Red Admiral including in the garden, Speckled Wood, Small and Green-veined White, Meadow Brown and Gatekeeper dominating as another amazing Big Butterfly Count drew to a close. Resplendent Small Copper and cheery Small Heath re-emerged into the year well with Brown Argus seen well at Lakeside and some final Purple Hairstreaks there what a year I've had for them, and I had some amazing valuable chances to see again blockbuster species that have been some of the icing on the cake of my butterfly year such as Wall Brown, Brown Hairstreak, Silver-spotted Skipper, Chalkhill Blue and Adonis Blue.

The month rather belonged to moths and dragon and damselflies, with a strong surge in moth sightings combining new ones that it was fascinating to learn and ones I am familiar with day and night. The White-point, Double-striped Pug, a fair few Small Dusty Wave, Light Brown Apple moth, Morning-glory Plume, Common Nettle-tap, Common Crimson-and-gold Moth and a Mint moth that came in the garden were key species. This month was a deep delve into Common Darter with many varied ones seen especially at Lakeside and golden chances to enjoy them, with Southern Hawker and more so dazzling Migrant Hawker ones I enjoyed seeing many times real defining species of the time of year. Banded Demoiselle and a fair few Blue-tailed Damselfly as they re-emerged into the year were great to see too. Onto mammals and my first Fox of the year was a treat, with Fallow and Roe Deers as well as New Forest Pony enjoyed too and a Hedgehog at home. It was a great month of area of wildlife I'm less familiar with, headlined well by a moment of my year seeing that Wasp Spider at Lakeside. A Common Sun beetle in the garden and Fox moth caterpillars at Ibsley Common were good to see too. Crickets/grasshoppers including Long-winged Conehead and Roesel's bush cricket, bees, waps and hoverflies, other beetles and many mossy rose galls which fascinate me were other summertime delights.

It was of course an excellent showing of flowers this month, with autumn gentian, wild marjoram, wild basil, round-headed rampion, purple loosestrife, common toadflax, clustered bellflower, gypsywort, red bartsia, water mint, bird's-foot trefoil, devil's-bit scabious, eyebright, rosebay willowherb, lady's thumb, tormentil, yellow-horned poppy, mallow, thistles and the common and bell heather that painted the landscape purple on the wonderful New Forest walks we had key species seen. As the year turns a bit fruit captivated me this month from sloes to blackberries and more in between, and following all the wet conditions fungi thrived in many places I went with some great mushrooms seen. I took in some sensational local vistas in high summer which was a pleasure, and it was great to be outside so much. Have a good September all.

#photography #wildlife #nature #birdwatching #wildlife watching #butterflies #2023 #happy #tormentil #wasp spider #common darter #wall brown #chalkhill blue #adonis blue #silver-spotted skipper #earth #uk #hampshire #turnstone #pied flycatcher #wheatear #whinchat #spotted flycatcher #new forest #south downs #devil's-bit scabious #clustered bellflower #purple hairstreak #outdoors #england

[devilbirder]

Happiness is a Spotted Flycatcher in one hand (left) and a Pied Flycatcher in the other

#birding #ornithology #birdwatching #nature #birds #sussex #birdblr #wildlife #ringing #banding #bird photography #migration #bird photo #british birds #spotted flycatcher #pied flycatcher