Carol D Hughes Nature's World of Photography -

MILTON KEYNES BACK TO UK

I moved to Milton Keynes in 1982 with my husband and young son. Our home has a reasonable size garden with mature Lilac, Rowan and Victoria Plum trees that I planted as saplings. The house backs on to a Linear Park where the Loughton Brook winds a way towards the River Ouse.

Over the years a wide variety of birds has visited our garden. Sadly, we no longer see some of the farmland birds like the Yellow Hammer and Skylark as some of the land around us has been developed for housing. However, we do still get a decent variety passing through our immediate vicinity. The total species count so far is 59.

BANK VOLE
(Myodes glareolus)

BLACKBIRD
(Turdus merula)

BLACKCAP
(sylvia atricapilla)

BLUE TIT
(Cyanistes caeruleus)

BLUE TIT
(Cyanistes caeruleus)

BRAMBLING
(Fringilla montifringilla)

BRAMBLING
(Fringilla montifringilla)

BRIMSTONE
(Gonepteryx rhamni)

BRIMSTONE
(Gonepteryx rhamni)

BULLFINCH
(Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

COMMA
(Polygonia c-album)

COMMON BLUE
(Polyommatus icarus)

COMMON BLUE - FEMALE
(Polyommatus icarus)

COMMON BLUE - MALE
(Polyommatus)

COMMON WHITETHROAT
(Sylvia communis)

EURASIAN JAY

EURASIAN NUTHATCH

EURASIAN JAY - JUVENILE
(Garrulus glandarius)

EUROPEAN GREEN WOODPECKER
(Picus viridis)

EUROPEAN GREEN WOODPECKER - ADULT MALE
(Picus viridis)

EUROPEAN GREEN WOODPECKER - JUVENILE
(Picus viridis)

GOLDFINCH
(Cardulis cardulis

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
(Dendrocopos major)

GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER
(Dendrocopos major)

GREAT TIT
(Parus major)

GREEN VEINED WHITE
(Pieris napi)

HOVERFLY ON SUNFLOWER

HUMMINGBIRD HAWKMOTH
(Macroglossum stellatarum)

LARGE RED DEMOISELLE
(Pyrrhosoma nymphula)

LONG TAILED TIT
(Aegithalos caudatus)

MARMALADE HOVERFLY
(Episyrphus balteatus)

ORANGE IP BUTTERFLY

PAINTED LADY
(Cynthia)

PEACOCK
(Aglais io)

RED KITE
(Milvus milvus)

ROBIN
(Erithacus rubecula)

ROBIN - ADULT
(Erithacus rubecula)

ROBIN - JUVENILE
(Erithacus rubecula)

SMALL OR CABBAGE WHITE
(Pieris rapae)

SMALL TORTOISESHELL
(Aglais urticae)

SONG THRUSH
(Turdus philomelos)

SPARROWHAWK
(Accipiter nisus)

SPARROWHAWK
(Accipiter nisus)

SPARROWHAWK - FEMALE GUARDING HER PREY

SPARROWHAWK - FEMALE WITH PREY

WOOD OR LONG TAILED FIELDMOUSE
(Apodemus sylvaticus)

WOOD OR LONG TAILED FIELDMOUSE
(Apodemus sylvaticus)

YELLOW BROWED WARBLE
(Phylloscopus inornatus)