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Crested Tit, Rothiemurchus, Scotland 24 November 2018 A great session at Neil McIntyre's site. Click to enlarge |
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Crested Tit, Rothiemurchus, Scotland 24 November 2018 See above. Click to enlarge |
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Crested Tit, Rothiemurchus, Scotland 24 November 2018 See above. Click to enlarge |
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Crested Tit, Rothiemurchus, Scotland 24 November 2018 See above. Click to enlarge |
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Crested Tit, Rothiemurchus, Scotland 24 November 2018 See above. Click to enlarge |
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Kingfisher, Droitwich, Worcs 26 October 2018 Spent a full day in this hide with repeated sightings of this sub-adult bird, mainly in the morning. Taken with the 500f4. Taken at Nature Photography Hides. Click to enlarge |
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Kingfisher, Droitwich, Worcs 26 October 2018 As above, again with the 500f4. Click to enlarge |
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Kingfisher, Droitwich, Worcs 26 October 2018 As above, again with the 500f4. Click to enlarge |
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Kingfisher, Droitwich, Worcs 26 October 2018 As above, taken with the 100-400f5.6. Click to enlarge |
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Kingfisher, Droitwich, Worcs 26 October 2018 As above, again with the 100-400f5.6. Click to enlarge |
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Jack Snipe, Titchwell, Norfolk 13 October 2018 With some success late in the afternoon of the previous day (see below), went back in the morning of the following day with the 500mm lens. Getting it clear of cover required considerable patience! Still a distant resulting in a big crop. |
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Jack Snipe, Titchwell, Norfolk 13 October 2018 A more typical shot - obscured by vegetation. |
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Jack Snipe, Titchwell, Norfolk 13 October 2018 Out in the open again. |
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Jack Snipes, Titchwell, Norfolk 12 October 2018 My first views of this species on the ground! And two together briefly. Massive crop on this shot taken with my 100-400mm lens. |
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Pink-footed Goose, North Norfolk 11 October 2018 These geese are pretty wary but I managed to use the car as a hide to get fairly close to this flock one evening that was feeding quite close to a small road. |
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Little Egret, Titchwell, Norfolk 9 October 2018 One of a couple of snaps taken as we were leaving in the late afternoon as the sun was getting low. Tremendous contrast between this white bird and its surroundings. Click to enlarge |
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Spotted Redshank, Titchwell, Norfolk 9 October 2018 Just one reasonably close at the far end of the tidal lagoon. Good afternoon light! |
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Barred Warbler, Whalsey Hills, Norfolk 8 October 2018 About the only rarity we came across on this trip. Being typically skulking here, but it did come out further briefly from time to time. |
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Turnstone, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 7 October 2018 Very close as the tide came in. |
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Black-tailed Godwits, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 7 October 2018 Some Blackwit argy-bargy as the tide came in. Click to enlarge. |
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Black-tailed Godwits, Brancaster Staithe, Norfolk 7 October 2018 A more composed bird! Click to enlarge |
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Tree Sparrow, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorks 4 October 2018 Nice to see these around the car park area - very scarce in Oxon now. |
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Gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorks 4 October 2018 Great to be back here - a site I first visited in 1964! The cliffs haven't changed much I don't think since then, but the visitor facilities have certainly improved! Plenty of Gannets down below on the cliffs, but the challenge was getting them at eye level or as near as possible. For this a wind is needed, preferably on-shore I was told. There was wind for my two visits, but it was in the reverse direction! It was good to have a bit of sun on my second visit - there wasn't any on my first visit (see below). Click to enlarge |
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Gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorks 3 October 2018 A view of one coming rapidly up from below. Click to enlarge |
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Gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorks 3 October 2018 More or less at eye level. Click to enlarge |
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Gannet, RSPB Bempton Cliffs, Yorks 3 October 2018 Another eye level shot. Click to enlarge |
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