Friday, July 19, 2013
Marsh Harriers fledging
most of my pairs are 10 days to 2 weeks late this year but some young now wandering a good way from their nests --
Barn Owl
a lot of people spend a lot of time photographing Barn owls but to me they are not particularly attractive; this one happened to fly past me while I was watching the harriers -- as far as I know none have been ringed in the area where this bird was breeding so it would have been good to have got a better part of the ring number --
Common Terns
just too much contrast for what I was trying -- I do not like July for bird photography, too many hot and hazy hours and birds starting to look scruffy
Monday, July 15, 2013
screaming Swifts over the garden
not as many as we used to get and always a sign they will not be here for much longer --
Grey Heron and reynard
the Avocet nests photographed a week ago had disappeared last night -- wonder where they went?
Saturday, July 13, 2013
Golden-ringed Dragonfly
the real aim of the expedition was good views of Golden-ringed Dragons -- we saw one at Wykeham the previous week but it failed to pose for its portrait so today's encounter was very nice
Like all perched dragons they are easy to see when you know where they are!
Keeled Skimmer
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