Sunday, March 31, 2019
March 29th 2019 on the patch
my first Speckled Wood of the year in 6 species of butterfly, Small White, Small Tort, Peacock, Brimstone, Comma -- a Great White Egret came in off the Humber fed in the Blow Wells ponds then headed west while the Peregrines were having a bit of a disagreement over the rights to a pigeon
Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Pygmy Owl old times
Taken in Sweden in February 2006 with the original Canon 20D and a 300f4 lens and 1.4x converter -- times and prices have moved on but there is still nothing to beat a co-operative bird in a nice landscape
Saturday, March 23, 2019
Oystercatchers mating
Wondered why one had a muddy mantle - seldom use my 2x converter but dragged it out for a trial in some pretty dull light -- surprised by the results as shutter speeds weer very low
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Little Grebe
you either like this sort of pic or you don't -- personally bill tip to tail tip images do nothing for me at all but its all personal taste -- to me this is all about the water
its a Blackbird
a flash of a big white rump diving under a patch of brambles had me baffled this morning until it appeared with a loose flock of pre-migratory male Blackbirds in a wet grass field -- appears to be a female but the tail is very black? striking bird particularly in flight
drake Goldeneye
sometimes the head sheen is certainly purple but then suddenly morphs into bottle green
a cracking Siskin
a lone male on Waters' Edge at the weekend with loads of people walking past within a few feet of it
Saturday, March 16, 2019
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