Oxon Bird Pics Autumn 2009
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Grey Phalarope, Radley GP 21 November 2009
A distant bird - unlike Farmoor where you can almost
touch them! Here there was a impenetrable fence
surrounding this lagoon, making a close approach
impossible. Most of the time this bird was right over the
far side, but just once it made a brief foray towards the
nearer edge.
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Grey Phalarope, Radley GP 21 November 2009
This bird was quite mobile, taking flight frequently.
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Rose Coloured Starling, Forest Hill 8 November 2009
Not the best of light or camera angle, but this is a
first for Oxfordshire in modern times and a lifer for me!
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Rose Coloured Starling, Forest Hill 8 November 2009
See above.
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Buzzard, Downs 7 November 2009
A lucky roadside encounter with this very pale
individual - preparing for lift off!
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Buzzard, Downs 7 November 2009
As above - a fraction of a second earlier.
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Buzzard, Downs 7 November 2009
As above - a couple of seconds earlier.
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Grey Heron, Otmoor 29 October 2009
The highlight of a very quiet visit to Otmoor! This
was briefly on some of the nearer mud from the first
screen - usually everything is at the back, out of good
DSLR range (even for herons).
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Great Crested Grebe, Blenheim 26 September 2009
See below.
A juvenile "escaping" with a fish.
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Sabine's Gull, Blenheim 26 September 2009
See below.
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Sabine's Gull, Blenheim 26 September 2009
This long staying juvenile was too close most of the
time and reluctant to take to the wing.
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Sabine's Gull, Blenheim 26 September 2009
Another flight shot.
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Dunlin, Farmoor 12 September 2009
This presumed moulting adult was the Little Stint's
companion on the causeway.
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Little Stint, Farmoor 12 September 2009
Somewhat more wary than other Little Stints I've come
across previously, but it eventually allowed a close
approach at the far end of the causeway. This bird did
have two legs, it just wasn't using them both here!
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Little Stint, Farmoor 12 September 2009
Another pic.
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Little Stint, Farmoor 12 September 2009
A shot showing how flexible the bill is.
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Redshank, Farmoor 12 September 2009
One of two surprisingly confiding birds on the
causeway.
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Kingfisher, Otmoor 12 September 2009
I have been after a reasonable Kingfisher pic for some
time now. I think this at last qualifies. Some reward for
a longish wait.
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Ringed Plover, Farmoor 6 September 2009
A confiding juvenile on the causeway
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Ringed Plover, Farmoor 6 September 2009
See above
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© All pictures copyright Stephen Burch |
