not having much luck with finding Hobbies thus far this year--
Thursday, August 10, 2006
more jars
amazing how quickly these juv Nightjars have grown--I feel the female now recognises me as an irregular visitor
Monday, August 07, 2006
coastal lows
most of the day spent on the Lincs coast hoping to find some feeding terns to photograph---the terns were about 200m out, the scoters lost in a minute swell, waders almost non-existent and what were there were off at 100m range and it was sticky and humid and bad light and and and and ------surfing Common Seal, Sandwich and Common (the only two on close passage) and Sanderling on escape flight!
Sunday, August 06, 2006
Saturday, August 05, 2006
juv Med
highlight of the morning at Waters' Edge was this juvenile Mediterranean Gull the first Med for over a week!
House Martin
the annual autumn gathering of House Martins is getting under way around the Barton Haven buildings--a juvenile House Martin here
netted warbler
some aquatic warblers will do anything to get themselves trapped as this juv Sedge attempted to prove at Waters' edge
Friday, August 04, 2006
Nightjar finding
lest it be thought that getting pictures of Nightjars is easy these two shots were taken from about 3m away with a 24mm lens and a 85mm lens respectively---there are an aweful lot of areas like this in the forest where I survey
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
water snail
Water Rails do not appear to have had a good year locally --- this adult was posing in some nice habitat though
get a handle on the Oyc
this juvenile Oysertcatcher was clearly in need of some parental guidance with regard to bivalve identification
Blackwits
on a dull and wet afternoon on 31st I ended up trying to get some photos of Black-tails--for once the white background water was an advantage but the poor light was not
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