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UK Bird Pics Spring 2012
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Montagu's Harrier, Wiltshire
May 2011
A belated posting of a distant pic of a splendid bird from
last spring.
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Montagu's Harrier, Wiltshire
May 2011
Another shot of this splendid male - see above.
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Barn Owl, Burnham, Norfolk
27 March 2012
The end of a productive day with a delightful Barn Owl
hunting by the road at this apparently well known site. It
never came really close though.
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Avocet, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
Note the tiny crab or similar in its bill!
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Avocet, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
One of the closest shots I managed to get on this trip.
Welney and Cley had plenty, but they were more distant.
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Spotted Redshank, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
This bird appears to be coming into full summer plumage which
would have made for an even more attractive subject.
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Marsh Harrier, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
From the Island Hide. My first nearly close up photo of a
harrier, after a fair amount of trying!
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Gadwall, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
From the Island Hide.
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Shoveler, Titchwell RSPB, Norfolk
27 March 2012
The good weather continued for this afternoon visit to the
Island Hide.
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Coot, Cley NWT, Norfolk
26 March 2012
Comments as below.
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Teal, Cley NWT, Norfolk
26 March 2012
Comments as below - it is very difficult to get good shots of
this normally very wary duck away from reserve hides. Here
they seemed completely oblivious to activity in the hide -
only metres away.
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Shelduck, Cley NWT, Norfolk
26 March 2012
Brilliant light for our visit to Cley, where the hides are
actually reasonably situated for photography, i.e. not too
high up, and close to (some of) the birds - it is a pity there
aren't more such places in the UK!
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Shorelark, Holkham, Norfolk
25 March 2012
One of two quite wary and mobile birds. This is a heavy crop
that has survived the enlargement reasonably OK.
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Chiffchaff, Welney WWT, Norfolk
24 March 2012
A lucky encounter on the path between the hides. The lack of
leaves helped with this one.
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© All pictures copyright Stephen Burch |
