Here's a juvenile blue tit, dangling from its lunch at Warnham Local Nature Reserve last weekend. 🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a stunning juvenile greenfinch, from Warnham Local Nature Reserve this morning. There were two juveniles hopping around, along with Mr & Mrs. 🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Hints of autumn already, or are these colours just an artefact of the long drought? Answers on a postcard.... 🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography #robin

Here's a young red kite, coming close to check me out at Watlington Hill a few days back. Watlington Hill is still one of the best places to get up close with these birds, they are curious about anyone on the hill in case there's food to be snatched... 🦅🙂 #birds #birdphotography

Here're a family pair of buzzards over Watlington Hill (Oxfordshire) today. I think the adult is the darker-coloured bird, the juvenile is the lighter (absence of sub-terminal tail band), but let me know your thoughts if you know better... 🦅🦅🪶😍 #birds #birdphotography

Here're a few more varied pics of Oxford's long-tailed shrike! What a stunning little bird, and it seems to be doing well in its chosen territory. 🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's an exceptionally rare bird for the UK, a long-tailed shrike! Only three vagrants have ever been recorded here, and this is the latest one. It's taken up residence in Oxfordshire, so I made a detour on the way back from Bristol this morning. What a bird! 🐦😍 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a stunning and elegant female kingfisher, from Warnham Local Nature Reserve yesterday. She briefly alighted on a perch very close to the hide! 👑🎣🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a male kingfisher, from Warnham Local Nature Reserve yesterday. He was very successful from this perch, capturing three fish while I watched. 👑🎣🐦🪶😍 #birds #birdphotography

Here's Mr Kingfisher doing his thing at Warnham Local Nature Reserve (Horsham) this morning. 👑🎣🐦😍 #birds #birdphotography

I went back to Warnham Local Nature Reserve again today, and this time I met Mrs Kingfisher! 👑🎣🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

First time out in 6 weeks (bike crash, broken ribs & collarbone on 4th July). Here's an action pic of a male kingfisher, as Warnham Local Nature Reserve this morning. 👑🎣🐦🪶🙂 #birds #birdphotography

Birds don't get much more #multicolor than the Kea, New Zealand's mischievous alpine parrot! #birdoftheday 🦜🐦🙂

Here's a statuesque male greenfinch perched on my garden fence yesterday evening. He stayed there for ten minutes, calling, maybe juveniles are around? In other news, I'm unable to get out at the moment due to a broken collarbone, normal service will resume in a few weeks. #birds #birdphotography

Here's a lovely juvenile blackbird, drying itself off after a bath at Warburg Nature Reserve yesterday. Such a different colour-scheme compared to either male or female adult bird! 🐦‍⬛🙂🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a lovely little spotted flycatcher I met at Warburg Nature Reserve yesterday morning. It's been so hot and dry recently, everyone was coming down to visit the pond. 🙂🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Keeping with my seasonal theme of fledglings, here's an absolutely stunning juvenile robin! 🐦😍. Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) yesterday morning. #birds #birdphotography

How adorable is this little fledgling bullfinch!!! 😍🐂🐦🪶. From my session at Warburg Nature Reserve (Oxfordshire) this morning. #birds #birdphotography

... and here's one of the recently fledged kestrels in portrait, at South Norwood Country Park yesterday morning. 🦅🪶😍 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a fledgling kestrel, chasing a butterfly at South Norwood Country Park yesterday 🦅🦋😆🪶. The resident kestrel pair seem to have four fledgling this season! #birds #birdphotography

Here's one of the fledgling kestrels at South Norwood Country Park, dismantling an unfortunate house sparrow it'd been given by its father a minute previously. 🦅🐦💀🍽️😬 #birds #birdphotography

The kestrel family in South Norwood Country Park is starting to fledge this week. They're raised at least four chicks this year (maybe more), and they're looking great for first flights any moment now. 🦅🦅🦅🦅🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here're some close-ups of Mrs & Mr green-winged teal, at Thursley Common last weekend. 💚🪽🦆🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here're Mr & Mrs green-winged teal, with this year's teal-lings, at Thursley Common last weekend. 🦆🐤🐤🐤🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a female great-spotted woodpecker bringing back a beakful of food for her chicks at Thursley Common last weekend. 🪵🐦‍⬛🪶 #birds #birdphotography

How beautiful is this treecreeper I met at Warburg Nature Reserve! These little birds are so well adapted to their environment, if they want to disappear all they have to do is stop moving 🥷🐦😍🪶 #birds #birdphotography

Here's a juvenile stonechat bothering its father for food, at Thursley Common on Saturday! 🐦🪶. There were several recent fledglings flitting around the common, great to see them doing well there. #birds #birdphotography

Here's a stunning little bird that's a new one for me: spotted flycatcher! I met this bird at Thursley Common this morning 🐦🪶 #birds #birdphotography

I'm prety amazed by the OM-1's sensor, these pics were taken at 1/8000s with the electronic shutter, and froze the wings of this four-spotted chaser perfectly! 🐉🪰😮 #insects #insectphotography

How gorgeous is this fledgling stonechat!! 😍🐦🪶. At Thursley Common yesterday. #birds #birdphotography