The nuthatch has got to be one of the most elegant woodland birds. The way it feeds upside and hops acrobatically along the branch is really quite artistic. It’s colours are muted and simple – grey on top, chestnut underneath, that stripe of black across the eyes like the Mask of Zorro.
I took these photos at the woodland hide at Pensthorpe in Norfolk on a Spring-like day in February. This is one of the most satisfying hides I’ve ever visited and it never fails to perform – there are so many birds that it’s almost too much to take in.
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Sounds like a birding heaven! Wonderful pics. We have a red-breasted nuthatch very similar to this bird. I agree they are very acrobatic.
Ah thank you! I just don’t know how they eat upside down, can’t be comfortable.
Great photos, we get Nuthatches in the wood nearby but they are never brave enough to come on to a feeder.
Aw thank you! I don’t often see them but in this particular location they are pretty much guaranteed.
These are lovely pictures and a pretty bird. Did you get a new camera?
A new long lens. :D
Veeeery nice!
I am also a fan of the nuthatch. They are such busy little birds!
Nice photos! Nuthatches are so much fun to observe.
Aww I love them!
I just love nuthatches!