An attempt to try and photograph the Swallows as they come into my pond for a drink, all a bit trial and error but getting there.
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| Swallow coming into the pond |
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| Swallow |
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| Swallow |
Saturday, 15 July 2017
Swallows drinking
16th June 2017.
An attempt to try and photograph the Swallows as they come into my pond for a drink, all a bit trial and error but getting there.
An attempt to try and photograph the Swallows as they come into my pond for a drink, all a bit trial and error but getting there.
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
Bastreet-Bodmin Moor.
4th June 2017
A day out with the Launceston Wildlife group on Bodmin Moor, looking for Marsh Fritillary Butterflies and whatever else we may stumble across. The weather wasn't great but managed to find a small number of the Fritillaries low in the grass. Also quite a lot of Heath Spotted Orchid which were just coming into flower. Not really a photography day but took a few record shots anyway. A pity I didn't have my big lens and converter with me as a Cuckoo was sat on a post being mobbed by Pipits and Stonechats, which may have made a great shot but still nice to see.
A day out with the Launceston Wildlife group on Bodmin Moor, looking for Marsh Fritillary Butterflies and whatever else we may stumble across. The weather wasn't great but managed to find a small number of the Fritillaries low in the grass. Also quite a lot of Heath Spotted Orchid which were just coming into flower. Not really a photography day but took a few record shots anyway. A pity I didn't have my big lens and converter with me as a Cuckoo was sat on a post being mobbed by Pipits and Stonechats, which may have made a great shot but still nice to see.
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| Marsh Fritillary |
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| Marsh Fritillary |
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| Heath Spotted Orchid. |
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| Heath Spotted Orchid |
Sunday, 9 July 2017
Roadford Lake
31st May & 13th June 2017.
Spent a couple of evenings at nearby Roadford Lake recently in some nice evening sunlight. The Orchids were still flowering and the first of the Common Blue Butterflies were on the wing...and hardly anyone else around...great.
Spent a couple of evenings at nearby Roadford Lake recently in some nice evening sunlight. The Orchids were still flowering and the first of the Common Blue Butterflies were on the wing...and hardly anyone else around...great.
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| Orchid..not sure which species.Marsh? |
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| Orchid |
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| Common Blue |
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| Common Blue (& boker..is that how you spell it ?) |
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| Backlit Common Blue |
Saturday, 8 July 2017
Somerset Levels
29th May 2017
A day out on the Somerset levels, hoping to find some good species to photograph, the weather was against us with some very heavy showers, but we timed our visits to the hides well and managed to stay dry. Highlights were a female Red footed Falcon ( a lifer in Britain for me though very distant)and a male Little Bittern ( which I saw briefly but didn't manage a photo). Other notable birds were Great White Egret, Great Bittern, and Garganey.
A day out on the Somerset levels, hoping to find some good species to photograph, the weather was against us with some very heavy showers, but we timed our visits to the hides well and managed to stay dry. Highlights were a female Red footed Falcon ( a lifer in Britain for me though very distant)and a male Little Bittern ( which I saw briefly but didn't manage a photo). Other notable birds were Great White Egret, Great Bittern, and Garganey.
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| Female Red Footed Falcon (if you look Closely!) |
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| Great White Egret |
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| Great White Egret |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Drake Garganey |
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| Pair of Cormorants in the rain |
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| This young Great Crested Grebe struggled with its large fish supper |
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| But managed to get it down in the enf |
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| Great Crested Grebe in a downpour. |
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Master builders at work.
21st May 2017.
Lots of building work going on in the village, with the Swallows and House Martins busy collecting mud for their nest construction. I simply pulled my car up alongside this muddy puddle and photographed them from the open window using a beanbag to rest my lens on..
Lots of building work going on in the village, with the Swallows and House Martins busy collecting mud for their nest construction. I simply pulled my car up alongside this muddy puddle and photographed them from the open window using a beanbag to rest my lens on..
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| Swallow collecting mud. |
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| Swallow collecting mud. |
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| House Martin collecting mud. |
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Yellowhammer, Redstarts and telegraph poles.
18th May 2017.
I found a pair of Redstarts nesting in a hole in an old telegraph pole on Bodmin Moor, may have once been used by a Woodpecker?. and on the way home I heard the unmistakeable song of a Yellowhammer which was using a transformer on top of a pole as a song post.
I found a pair of Redstarts nesting in a hole in an old telegraph pole on Bodmin Moor, may have once been used by a Woodpecker?. and on the way home I heard the unmistakeable song of a Yellowhammer which was using a transformer on top of a pole as a song post.
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| Male Yellowhammer |
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| Power Ballad-Yellowhammer singing |
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| Female Redstart disappearing into nest hole |
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| Male Redstart |
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| Female Redstart |
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| Male Redstart |
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