#club5050 The Great British Birdwatch

in WORLD OF XPILAR2 years ago

The sun is out. Sunglasses on or actually I wish I had them on me. If I was living on the coast I would have spent a few hours on the beach today, not in bikini of course. It is still January here in England though it is quite mild compared to last year. I would have taken my lunch out too and I would have had a dog with me to play with. A cute and just a bit mischievous puppy, a sausage dog, would have been ideal.

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A golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus.
Camera: Nikon D5600 Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ISO: 900
Shutter Speed: 1/125 Aperture: f/4.6

But back to reality, here I am in Richmond, London. I got a coffee to go at least. Where am I off to today? I hope some started wondering. Am I just about to miss as usual a train somewhere? Luckily not. I will spend the day here but I am travelling next weekend actually.

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A ring-necked parakeet Psittacula krameri.
Camera: Nikon D5600 Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ISO: 900
Shutter Speed: 1/125 Aperture: f/5.3

The last weekend of January is the official annual RSPB which stands for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds big garden birdwatch. It was a hit last year during lockdown when many did it for the first time ever.

All you have to do is to spare an hour watching the birds in your own garden or in your local park which I hope you visit as often as you can like I do. Then you submit the numbers which you can easily do online and it takes not more than a few minutes. You can report your sightings until the 20th of February. I recommend you take a family member or a friend to birdwatch with who will help you keep track of and write down the correct numbers of the bird species you have seen.

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A great tit Parus major.
Camera: Nikon D5600 Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ISO: 1,250
Shutter Speed: 1/125 Aperture: f/5.3

I was extremely lucky to see a golden pheasant Chrysolophus pictus today! It is a rare sighting and to be honest with you it has been a year at least since I last saw one. I love its colourful feathers that make the bird look so fancy which is exactly what we are used to seeing here in this part of London. I hope you are now tempted to play the video and see this golden pheasant which is even being fed towards the end.

I also recorded footage especially for you Steemians of a few ring-necked parakeets Psittacula krameri which we are so used to seeing here in West London but people from other parts of the country, Northamptonshire for instance don’t get the chance to. The green parakeets remind me of being on holiday somewhere on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean.

I was also lucky to see and photo a nuthatch Sitta europaea. This bird is always in a rush to get to the bottom of the tree trunk and then it flies away so you need to be quick if you wish to have its photo taken.

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A nuthatch Sitta europaea.
Camera: Nikon D5600 Lens: Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-6.3G ISO: 2,800
Shutter Speed: 1/125 Aperture: f/5.3

Last but not least let’s enjoy some of the tiny garden birds which we see daily like the great Parus major and blue Parus caeruleus tits, the more of which the merrier.

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 2 years ago 

Thank you ever so much for rewarding my post @worldofxpilar I do appreciate your support which I find really motivating to keep creating content and share it exclusively here in the WORLD OF XPILAR. I wish you a fabulous day and I hope we all have a successful February here on the platform. Cheers.

It's still January here, too. We have the same birds - tits!

 2 years ago 

This is very good to know @apnigrich Such a small world it is. I guess we are allowed to have favourite birds so I admit that I like a blue tit better than a great. It has a funny face which reminds me of Darth Vader. The great tits which I feed in our garden are obsessed with mealworms. They keep coming to the bird table till they finish them all for the day. I look forward to seeing which bird species you will post about next.

I have a new batch of photos Hawfinch - Dubonos

Or should I show the Bullfinch? 😊

 2 years ago 

This sounds fantastic and it is exactly what I wanted to hear @apnigrich A hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes is the more rare bird of the two here in England. It is also larger compared to a bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula which we actually have more of but it is much more difficult to spot. You often hear it in woodlands, you know it is there but you can not see it. So I really hope that you managed to photo a bullfinch. By the way have you seen The Big Year film? It is fun and I think you might enjoy watching it.

I heard about this movie just a couple of weeks ago. Just on the topic. :) I need to see this :)

Bullfinch - https://steemit.com/hive-185836/@apnigrich/bullfinch

 2 years ago 

Wow! Great photos and lovely post. Thank you for sharing with us.

 2 years ago 

Greetings @rdp89 It is lovely to hear from you and thank you for the positive feedback. I enjoy birdwatching every now and then and when I manage to take some awesome photos it just comes naturally to me to just share them here with my fellow Steemians. I look forward to your next post in the WORLD OF XPILAR. Cheers and have a great evening.

 2 years ago 

Thanks very muchs petface

Nice photography

Lovely, colour birds! Thanks for sharing their pictures!

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