Mick Erwin

[Mick Erwin @Mufftrix]

🍂 Autumn Harvest in Progress 🌳

Ground search success! 🌰 After foraging through the fallen leaves, this Jay has found its next acorn. Next stop: finding the perfect hiding spot! 🪶

#EurasianJay #WildlifePhotography #Nature #Corvid #AutumnVibes #WildlifeSecrets

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@owtabout Thank you Rob

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🌿 Nature’s Master Forester 🌳

Getting a grip on winter prep! A Eurasian jay manoeuvring an acorn into its throat pouch before taking it away for caching. 🪶🌰

#EurasianJay #BirdWatching #WildlifePhotography #NatureLovers #BirdPhotography #Corvid #BritishWildlife

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If Looks Could Kill... 🌧️🦉

An even more grumpier than usual Little Owl in the rain in the Peak District. 🌧️🦉

#LittleOwl #PeakDistrict #UKWildlife #BirdsOfPrey #NaturePhotography #RainyDay #OwlLovers

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Cute, Fluffy, and Furious 🤨🦉
A fluffy juvenile Little Owl in the Peak District, showing it has mastered its parents' intense, unblinking glare that helps define these fierce small predators. #AngryBird #LittleOwl #PeakDistrict #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BirdsOfPrey

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Local Red Kite (Staffordshire) #Staffordshire #redkite #Sony

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🦉 Little Owls Explore!

By the end of July, the juvenile Little Owls began exploring their rugged surroundings in the Peak District.
#peakdistrict #littleowl #ukwildlife #wildlifephotography #sony

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The Owl’s Alarm! A parent owl’s warning call sends its juveniles scrambling back into their cave Attacks from crows, ravens, and buzzards have been a near-daily occurrence this year. Without this early warning system, these owlets wouldn't have survived #owl #peakdistrict

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In early July, juvenile little owls aren't strong fliers yet. In the early evening, these exploring fledglings will sit on nearby rocks, making persistent, "hissing" calls to demand food from their hard-working parents. #LittleOwl #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography @Sony

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Too Hot to Hoot — Juvenile Little Owls During July’s Heatwave in the Peak District (Part1) #LittleOwl #WildlifePhotography #BirdPhotography #NaturePhotography #PeakDistrict #PeakDistrictPhotography #UKWildlife #SonyA1 #SonyWildlife

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Eurasian Wryneck — Lincolnshire (Sony A1 + 600F4 + 1.4TC)

#Wryneck #JynxTorquilla #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #Lincolnshire

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@tonymaddo @Lincsbirding was there today, it was showing really well all morning

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@glynsellors Very nice pal :-)

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Pint-sized. Permanently grumpy. With talons to match the attitude. ⚠️🦉

(Little Owl, Peak District) #LittleOwl #OwlPhotography #WildlifePhotography #PeakDistrict

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Hummingbird Hawk-Moth
Sony A1 + Sony 600 F4 + 1.4TC
#HummingbirdHawkMoth
#MacroglossumStellatarum #Sony #Staffordshire
#WildlifePhotography #InsectPhotography

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Long-tailed Shrike with Grasshopper Prey
#LongTailedShrike #MegaRarity #UKBirding #Twitching #GloucestershireBirds

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3 AM alarm 🤝 3rd UK record. ⏰🔥

A 200-mile round trip was well worth the 3am start to see the 3rd ever British Long-tailed Shrike on the Gloucestershire/Oxfordshire border. 🇬🇧🤩

#LongTailedShrike #MegaRarity #UKBirding #Twitching #GloucestershireBirds

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Peak District LEO 🦉

A Long-eared Owl on a supply run, carrying a vole back to the nest.

#LongEaredOwl #WildlifePhotography #PeakDistrict #BirdsInFlight

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🦉 Long-Eared Owl | ⛰️ Peak District #BirdTwitter #WildlifePhotography #PeakDistrict #BBCWildlifePOTD #Owls

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🦉 2 of This Year's 3 Long-eared Owlets | Peak District

This was my first sighting of them after hearing their calls for days. It was great to finally see two of the three owlets perched together.

#LongEaredOwl #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #sonyuk #PeakDistrict