Oxon bird Pics November 2004 to March 2005
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Great Grey Shrike,
Yarnton, Oxon
20
March 2005
Again a sunny day.
Unlike many G G S's, this one was actually present when I
arrived but allowed only a few distant shots in the late
afternoon light, before flying off.
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Redshank, Pinkhill,
Farmoor Res, Oxon 19
March 2005
Warm sunny day. When
feeding this bird never stopped moving, and this was the
only half reasonable shot I got.
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White fronted Goose,
north of Day's Lock, Oxon 5 March 2005
See below for comment.
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White fronted Geese,
north of Day's Lock, Oxon 5 March 2005
Two of the four present.
These birds were with Canada Geese, and allowed such
close approach that I wondered how wild they actually
were!
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Reed Bunting, Lashford
Lane Fen, Oxon 5
March 2005
No chance of a photo of
the Water Rail which appeared for less than 10 sec after
a wait of 3/4hr! But the birds on the feeders were a bit
more obliging and very close for the 'scope.
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Waxwing, Henley on
Thames, Oxon 26
February 2005
This party of 70+ which
I eventually tracked down was a superb sight for
Oxfordshire! But the poor light made for difficult
digiscoping..
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More Waxwing, Henley on
Thames, Oxon 26
February 2005
See above
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Yet more Waxwing,
Henley on Thames, Oxon 26 February 2005
See above
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Bewick's Swan,
Kelmscott, Oxon 20
February 2005
One of a party of four
in almost identical location to last winter's Whoopers!
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Bewick's Swans,
Kelmscott, Oxon 20
February 2005
As above
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LEFT:
Smew, Radley Gravel pits 8 Jan 05 RIGHT: Glaucous Gull, Dix
Pit, 5 Feb 05.
When shown small these
distant record shots don't look too bad!
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Ring Necked Duck,
Oxlease Lake, Lower Windrush Valley Gravel Pits, Oxon 18 December 2004
Last week I missed this
bird for some reason, but today there were no such
problems - spotted within a few minutes of arriving. Good
pics were difficult because it hardly ever stopped moving.
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Stonechat, Otmoor Oxon 14 November 2004
A sunny day didn't tempt
the Bearded Tits out for me (second time unlucky) but
there was some compensation in the form of this beautiful
male Stonechat which was briefly obliging.
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Teal, Pinkhill, Farmoor
Reservoir, Oxon 13
November 2004
Nice bright day for once!
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Merlin, Otmoor, Oxon 6 November 2004
This was a very distant
shot in poor light. I turned the 'scope mag up to almost
max (x60) and was surprised to get even this half
reasonable result.
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pictures copyright Stephen Burch |
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