Our Stonehaven Home

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Sunrise with the cliffs to the left taken from our upstairs bedroom

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Sunrise zoomed in

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Sunrise zoomed in more

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View from Cowie of the Stonehaven waterfront at mid tide

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Red Admiral butterfly on shed corner

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Another Red Admiral butterfly in the back garden

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European Peacock butterfly in a weather beaten state but it could still fly

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Orb Web Spider - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider

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Web of the Orb-weaver spider highlighted in the morning dew

Sony DSC-WX350 1/30 sec F3.5 ISO 160
Web of the Orb-weaver spider highlighted in the morning dew

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Giant House Spider appeared in our utility room sink, seems they grow up to 7.5cm leg span - www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/spiders/giant-house-spider

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Pink Footed geese fly overhead on their Winter migration heading South

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Chiffchaff snapped after dashing around catching insects on the wing

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Goldfinch on overhead cables

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Coal Tit on neighbour’s nut feeder

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Starling and House Sparrow on back garden bush

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Wood Pigeons on pole seen from back garden

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Dunnock or Hedge Sparrow on wooden garden decking

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Great Tit, Blue Tit and Coal Tit on our neighbour’s feeders

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Soggy Blue Tit on a rainy day on our nut feeder

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Song thrush on the overhead cables on a drizzly day

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Female House Sparrow in flight taken through our rear double glazed window

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House Sparrows fighting for access to the food

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Moulting Blackbird in a bush in the neighbourhood

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Male House Sparrow keeps watch

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Tree Sparrow in the neighbour’s tree

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Wren looking for insects all over the garden flowers and shrubs, not easy to shoot as it moves very quickly from place to place

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Robin following our weeding and raking hoping to find a few insects or worms

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Female Sparrowhawk in the rain looking for the next meal, from the earlier shots she has quite a menu

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Female Sparrowhawk in the rain, we had the smaller blue backed male appear but not quick enough to get a photo

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Female Sparrowhawk a week later on a sunny day. Usually the crows harray the hawks but no crows around this day.

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A Blue Tit flew into cover as the Sparrowhawk watched poised for a chase

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Close up of the Sparrowhawk reveals she had eaten recently with traces of blood on top of her beak and on the breast feathers

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In the garden Sulphur Tuft Mushrooms - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypholoma_fasciculare

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Sulphur Tuft Mushrooms, unfortunately not safe to eat this one

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Sunset at the end of our street

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Carrion Crow on TV Aerial as the sun fades

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Unusual Clouds at dusk seen from our upstairs window