Dave Williams Big Year 2017

[Dave Williams]

274) Common Starling      Sinemoretz,Bulgaria

Common Starling  Sturnus vulgaris by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Dave Williams]

275) Pied Wagtail    Sinemoretz,Bulgaria

Pied Wagtail   Motacilla alba by Dave Williams, on Flickr

 

[Dave Williams]

276) House Martin    Sinemoretz,Bulgaria

House Martin   Delichon urbicum by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Peter Connan]

Stunning shot of the Martin Dave!

Edited July 9, 2017 by Peter Connan

[Dave Williams]

277) Spanish Sparrow   Sinemoretz,Bulgaria

Spanish Sparrow     Passer hispaniolensis by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited July 10, 2017 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams]

278) Great Skua  Liverpool Bay , North West England/North Wales

Great Skua  Stercorarius Skua by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[Peter Connan]

Lovely shot!

[Dave Williams]

279)Manx Shearwater   Puffinus puffinus.    Another species from my pelagic trip in Liverpool Bay which is now a forest of windmills dwarfing everything else on the sea.

[Dave Williams]

280) Common Tern Sterna hirundo  This was taken in Dublin Harbour,Ireland a month ago. I probably won't see any more now so.....

[TonyQ]

The Great Skua is a stunning shot

[Dave Williams]

281) Common Scoter  Melanitta nigra

 

I have hardly been out at home so I'm starting to get desperate for images now. Quality down the pan!

[xelas]

That was not that much that you have sent down the pan, @Dave Williams   ! I have plenty of such photos, all completely unusable to me as the only ID I can make of them is that there is a flying object(s) on the photo . My bad, I know .

[Dave Williams]

I'm not scraping the barrel with this one, it's my favourite bird the Liver Bird sat on top of the Royal Liver Building on Liverpool's fabulous waterfront.

[Dave Williams]

282) Mute Swan  Cygnus olor

[Dave Williams]

283)  Black-tailed Godwit  Limosa limosa

Recently back from their breeding grounds further north. Many will spend the winter in the UK others will fly further south.

 

Edited July 25, 2017 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams]

284) Reed Warbler   Acrocephalus scirpaceus.

Will soon be departing south again so I might not see another. Always a bit tricky in the reed beds!!

[Galana]

Some good memories there and never mind the quality. Loved the Liver birds. Obviously no virgins around that day.

[Dave Williams]

285) Eurasian Curlew  North Wales.

They are declining fast as breeding grounds are lost in the UK but we still get quite a few locally.

Curlew    Numenius arquata by Dave Williams, on Flickr

Edited August 4, 2017 by Dave Williams

[Dave Williams]

286) Coal Tit   Periparus ater

I have been struggling to motivate myself to get out much so to push things on some of my garden birds which are typical in much of the UK.

 

[Dave Williams]

287) Wood Pigeon   Columba palumbus another garden bird puffed up to keep out the rain.

[Dave Williams]

288)Moorhen   Gallinula chloropus

I dragged myself down to a local reserve as I'd heard the Kingfisher was showing well. The Moorhen was an additional bonus although they are very common wherever there is a patch of water everywhere in the UK.

 

[Dave Williams]

289) Common Kingfisher  Alcedo atthis

Enjoying a prawn cocktail!

Common Kingfisher by Dave Williams, on Flickr

[michael-ibk]

Beautiful Kingfisher! How close was this?

[Dave Williams]

1 hour ago, michael-ibk said:

Beautiful Kingfisher! How close was this?

 30 -40 feet at a guess. Artificial perch in front of the hide. You can pay quite a lot of money for a Kingfisher photo hide experience here in the UK but this one is free.... and currently popular too! We are off the beaten track though so during the week it is quieter.

[xelas]

Wonderful kingfisher, @Dave Williams! The extender did a great job, and at almost 840 mm and hide, there was not much cropping, if any at all??