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Pictures In Shetland => Birds => Topic started by: George on November 23, 2010, 09:57:54 am

Title: Tree Creeper..
Post by: George on November 23, 2010, 09:57:54 am

I took pix. of this wee bird while on holiday, two pix. were taken at RSPB Lochwinnoch and two were taken at Taynuilt Argyll.. very hard to spot them, you need a bit of luck and patience, they blend in so well in the foliage, the one in Argyll landed on a tree right next to me, they climb upwards unlike the Nuthatch, they climb downwards..

RSPB Lochwinnoch..

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/RSPB25-4-09008.jpg)

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/RSPB25-4-09011.jpg)

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/TREECREEPER-2.jpg)

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/TREECREEPER-1.jpg)

Argyll..

(http://i827.photobucket.com/albums/zz193/georgeg_photo2/TREE-CREEPER-2_filtered.jpg)

And a video from the BBC you might find interesting about the tree creeper..

http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Eurasian_Treecreeper#p0085b7r

george..

Title: Re: Tree Creeper..
Post by: benjiesmum on January 05, 2011, 07:03:09 pm

I've only ever seen one George - it was at Lake Vyrnwy when I went to the RSPB place there! It reminded me of a little brown mouse.

Title: Re: Tree Creeper..
Post by: George on January 06, 2011, 04:45:00 pm

They are so hard to spot Lynne.. The last one wiz taken at Angus gardens Taynuilt last summer, it landed on the tree next to me, still difficult to get a photo, as, they don't hang around..

george..

Title: Re: Tree Creeper..
Post by: Aitch on January 15, 2011, 10:54:57 am

In the birding world it is often referred to as a "Tree Mouse" Benjiesmum. :)