Blackbird (Turdus merula) feeding on windfall apples

There is a veritable carpet of wind-blown apples in Sally's orchard - great food for the thrushes and there have been around twenty blackbirds eating away for quite a while now. 

Feeding the Birds

Birds are inevitably more stressed when the weather is as cold as this - and our common garden species are easier to photograph, being very keen to find enough calories to see them through what promises to be another bitterly cold night.

Female Blackbird (Turdus merula)

Rooting about in the autumn leaves at Lorgba in Port Charlotte.

A few birds from Sunday morning

 
 


Sunday morning was glorious and we set out for a walk along the coast from Port Charlotte in full sun, with little fluffy clouds and no wind.  The Blackbird and the Robin were catching a few rays while it lasted, which was sadly not all that long.  By the time we caught up with the Stonechat and the cloud of Redwings up above the old manse it had deteriorated substantially, the sky was indigo and the wind was sending the first white horses out across the the loch