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Bewick's Swan, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 A flight shot taken during a brighter spell. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Bewick's Swan, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 A flight shot taken during an all too brief sunny spell. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Bewick's Swan, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 In the Rushey Pen in dull conditions. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Teal, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 A wild bird, honest! Click pic to enlarge. |
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Wigeon, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 Another wild bird to the left on the way to the Holden Tower. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Pintail, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire 13 February 2010 This was a wild bird in the Rushey Pen. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Pomarine Skua, Beachley, Gloucestershire 30 November 2009 A once in a lifetime opportunity to get close to an adult Pom - not to be missed! This bird was feeding on a sheep carcass and was very approachable. Click pic to enlarge |
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Pomarine Skua, Beachley, Gloucestershire 30 November 2009 On the beach, after its wash in the sea after feeding. |
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Pomarine Skua, Beachley, Gloucestershire 30 November 2009 On the carcass. |
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Pomarine Skua, Beachley, Gloucestershire 30 November 2009 After its wash in the sea. Click pic to enlarge. |
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Bearded Tit, Farlington Marshes, Hants 24 October 2009 Several showing well from the bank by the lagoon on the west side of the reserve, between about 09:45 and 11:00 only. Difficult to get good pics though due to all the reeds in the way! Thanks to Pete Styles for his tips on this photo opportunity. Click pic to enlarge |
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Bearded Tit, Farlington Marshes, Hants 24 October 2009 See above. This was a female/immature, "down sun", not into the sun as the male above was. |
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Bearded Tit, Farlington Marshes, Hants 24 October 2009 See above. A more distant male, actually above the reeds for a few moments! |
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BROWN SHRIKE, Staines Moor, Surrey 17 October 2009 Couldn't resist the temptation to go back for another attempt... As suggested below, reverting to digiscoping (Nikon CP4500 with Swarovski AT 80HD) does give improved results! It also helped that the light was a little better today, and the bird was briefly somewhat closer, as in this shot. |
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BROWN SHRIKE, Staines Moor, Surrey 17 October 2009 A more distant shot but showing the primary feather pattern and tail. |
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BROWN SHRIKE, Staines Moor, Surrey 14 October 2009 Went to twitch this mega rarity in the afternoon, as it was only about an hours drive away. Unfortunately the bird was very distant, and the light poor, so these ultimate in "record" shots were the best I could do. EOS 50D, EF400f4 DO & x1.4TC Reverting to digiscoping would almost certainly have given better results! |
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Pink footed Goose, Lock of Strathbeg, Aberdeenshire 24 September 2009 From the Tower Pool hide. To see a brief trip report click here. Click on the pic to enlarge. |
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Curlew, Ythan Estuary, Aberdeenshire 24 September 2009 From one of the convenient lay-bys overlooking the estuary, but a bit distant. |
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Red Grouse, Forest of Bowland, Lancs 3 September 2009 A fortunate flight shot of the bird below a few seconds later. Note the water droplets falling off the bird! |
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Red Grouse, Forest of Bowland, Lancs 3 September 2009 Poor conditions for this somewhat distant shot - very windy, poor light, but in a dry period between heavy showers. This, and the one above, were ISO 800 shots with the 50D, and the noise didn't appear too bad! |
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Raven, Crummack Dale, Yorkshire 31 August 2009 Surprisingly with a ring... |
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