Passerines & friends
‘Sparrow shaped’ birds - the little guys who cheer up the hedges and grasses all around us. Some are our most familiar birds, others hard to find but so rewarding when you do. No doubt of my favourite in this department - the bluethroat - but there is a lot of competition. Some are ultra shy, some the ultimate posers.
Bearded tit. Suffolk, UK. February 2023
Brown bulbul. Chobe river, Botswana. February 2024
Robin chat. Chobe river, Botswana. February 2024
Treecreeper. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. September 2023
Nuthatch. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. September 2023
Crested tit. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. September 2023
Lesser-masked weaver. Chobe rapids, Botswana. February 2023
Red-billed oxpecker. Chobe river, Botswana. February 2023
Black redstart. Peniche, Portugal. May 2023
Treecreeper. Essex, UK. February 2023
King of the gorse. Dartford Warbler. Surrey, UK. April 2021
Nuthatch. Sardo Estuary, Portugal. April 2022
Crested tit. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. September 2023
Little & loud. Wren. Berkshire, UK. March 2021
Out in the open. Common Whitethroat. Berkshire, UK. June 2021
Bearded tit. Suffolk, UK. February 2023
Sitting in the evening sun. Linnet. Obidos lagoon, Portugal. December 2021
Aloof. Goldcrest. Berkshire, UK. April 2021
Zitting Cisticola. Obidos Lagoon. December 2020
Yellow-crowned Weaver (Yellow-crowned Bishop). Tagus Estuary. October 2021
Top of the tree. Dartford Warbler. Surrey, UK. April 2021
Perfect pose. Dartford Warbler. Surrey, UK. April 2021
Shout it out! Chiffchaff. Berkshire, UK. March 2021
Whitethroat. Berkshire UK. June 2020
Tree Pipit. Obidos lagoon. December 2019
Pied flycatcher. Oxfordshire, UK. September 2019
Chiffchaff. Oxfordshire, UK. September 2019
Blackcap. Berkshire, UK. July 2020
Dipper. Edinburgh, Scotland. September 2019
Dipper. Edinburgh, Scotland. March 2020
Crested Tit. Vau, Portugal. September 2020
Border guard. Wheatear. Tagus Estuary, Portugal. October 2018
Zitting Cisticola. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal December 2018
Whitethroat. Berkshire, UK. July 2020
Common Waxbill. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. June 2019
Stonechat. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. October 2020
Stonechat. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. April 2019
Sardinian Warbler. Algarve, Portugal. April 2019
Pied Wagtail. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. April 2019
Pied flycatcher. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. September 2020
Melodious Warbler. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. June 2019
Common Linnet. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. January 2019
Common Linnet. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. January 2019
White-throated Dipper. Edinburgh, Scotland. March 2020
Chiffchaff. Oxfordshire, UK. July 2020
Chiffchaff. Algarve, Portugal. February 2019
Bearded Tit. Suffolk, UK. February 2019
Sunset Silhouette. Stonechat. Obidos Lagoon. October 2021
Zitting Cisticola. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal September 2020
Bearded Tit. Suffolk, UK. February 2019
Bearded Tit. Suffolk, UK. February 2019
Bullfinch. Berkshire, UK. April 2021
Wren. Berkshire, UK. April 2021
Cetti's Warbler. Berkshire, UK. May 2021
Stonechat. Surrey, UK. May 2021
Reed Bunting. Berkshire, UK. May 2021
Black Redstart. Caldas da Rainha, Portugal. October 2018
Sedge Warbler. Berkshire, UK. May 2019
Nuthatch. West Sussex, UK. August 2019
Sardinian warbler. Obidos Lagoon, Portugal. January 2022
Brambling. Surrey, UK. February 2022
Corn Bunting. Tagus Estuary, Portugal. April 2022
Willow warbler. Berkshire, UK. August 2022
Golden. Male Stonechat. Obidos Lagoon. December 2021
Pied wagtail. Berkshire, UK. July 2022