This is the first posting I have made on my new Hewlett-Packard lap top. 🙂
I had thought that this goldcrest, the UK’s smallest, might have perished in the cold nights following that snowy weekend a few weeks ago but as you can see it is alive and pecking. The white paste on the post is a peanut butter with mealworms for birds that I buy from Wilko’s. The birds (and squirrels) love it and I’ve attracted many species including great spotted woodpeckers into the garden- see below.
This is a triptych of great spotted woodpeckers that visited the garden in Spring 2019. From left to right: male with a red patch on the back of the head, female, no red patch and one of their two young ones, red cap which fades as it matures. I submitted it to the Bird Watching magazine and they published it with my description taking up most of a page. Fame at last!
Beeston Birdman 
Fame indeed!
If that keeps up you’ll be charging us for viewing your website!
New laptop – I am jealous, my old Dell is still not quite bad enough to replace.
Are you still using the Lumix DMC FZ200 camera?
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Hi David – you are quick off the mark. I actually use a Canon PowerShot sx70HS. It had a 65x zoom! Thanks for responding. Hope you are both well.
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Beautiful pictures of the woodpeckers & well done. As you say “fame at last!’
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Thanks Ruth – hope you are both well
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