UK Bird Pics Autumn 2011
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Curlew, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 29 November
2011
My first reasonably close pics of this species which
tends to be normally quite shy.
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Curlew, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 29 November
2011
Just after having a wash...
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Redshank, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 29 November
2011
Again quite close.
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Lapwing, Cley, Norfolk 28 November 2011
A ridiculously tame bird pottering around the beach
car park!
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Bar-tailed Godwit, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 27
November 2011
Somewhat more distant than the more obliging Blackwits
below, but this had the sun full on it.
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Black-tailed Godwit, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 27
November 2011
The same bird as below, with some of the low afternoon
sun on it.
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Black-tailed Godwit, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 27
November 2011
The harbour proved to be a good place for wader pics,
using the car as a hide, as these and the other photos
here show. A back-lit shot.
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Rough-legged Buzzard, Holkham Pines, Norfolk 27
November 2011
The highlight of the trip. Thanks to the couple who
advised of the best place to view from, but this was just
too distant for good results.
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Mealy (Common) Redpoll, Titchwell, Norfolk 26
November 2011
I believe this was a Mealy and not a Lesser. It was
difficult to photo in the dull conditions against the
light.
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Shoveler, Titchwell, Norfolk 26 November 2011
Nice and close to the first hide, but it took some
time for it to stop "shovelling", even for a
second or two. Shame about the dull conditions.
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Long-billed Dowitcher (top) and
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (bottom)Chew Valley Lake,
Somerset
20 November 2011
The ultimate in record shots! I'm not even certain
that the Sandpiper with the arrow is the right bird - it
was with plenty of Dunlin. But they were ridiculously
distant for DSLR photography!
Also present at this remarkable spot were Little Stint,
Spotted Sandpiper and a few Bewick's Swans, not to
mention a large number of twitchers. As all were present
on arrival, this was a somewhat more straightforward
affair than the Pallid Harrier endurance test last month
(see below)!
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Pallid Harrier, Black Down, Mendips, Somerset 1
October 2011
Another evening shot, but there the similarities with
the Pec Sand below cease. This bird was unobliging in the
extreme, requiring a seven and half hour wait to get the
first of several ultra distant photos! This record shot
was taken after about 8 hours, and was as close as it got
from the camera perspective. It least it shows the main
features, just about.
Worth the wait for the sighting alone though!
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Pectoral Sandpiper, Crookham Common, Berkshire 24
September 2011
My late afternoon visit to this site 'over the border'
in Berkshire was rewarded with splendid light as the sun
came out and started setting. This bird was very obliging
and I took several hundred photos in a short space of
time. Here is the pick of the ones I like best.
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Pectoral Sandpiper, Crookham Common, Berkshire 24
September 2011
As above
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Pectoral Sandpiper, Crookham Common, Berkshire 24
September 2011
As above
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© All pictures copyright Stephen Burch |
