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You destroy all the breeding habitat build a housing estate and then name the streets after the birds you have made homeless: brilliant
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Two juvenile Peregrines from 2019 found on the ground under the same nest in torrential rain - getting the home hairdryer treatment before being restored to health by
@jeanthorpeRR
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just amazed at the difference in head size between these two -- something you seldom think about
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a couple of family days in the Lakes but hoped to catch up with Wood Warbler - ended up taking about 1400 images but usually in low light and foliage - occasionally you get lucky
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male brookei Peregrine, pale phase Eleonora's Falcon in pursuit and male Little Bittern
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This is how I like to see my Woodcock - no-one should be killing these beautiful birds for fun in 2021
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one of the 11 Glossy eyepieces at Alkborough this morning - thought i was doing well to find one - more here
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when its nearly dark and you are on 1/13th second exposure and a SEO turns its head rapidly
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Probably lauded as the greatest autumn for twitching rare birds I wonder just how many people look and realise just how devoid of birds most British habitats are now
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When I received a message from
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another shot of the two dark juvenile Long-tailed Skuas off Theddlethorpe this morning
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its that time of year for a few early Osprey reports - this one yesterday
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When a stunning bird picks a perch you could not have made better - Wood Warbler vibrating
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This morning was very dull light wise but a dancing Bittern was uplifting; more images and full story here
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the most striking summer plumaged Baird's Sandpiper I have ever seen - better images at 21:10 last night than in the bright light of early morning -- the 44th species of wader for Alkborough and only 6th for Lincs
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Red-necked Grebe still hanging on at the local pits and calling today for the first time
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If this was a rare bird - hang on it is rapidly going that way - how long before people are twitching Yellowhammers?
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Black Tern -- not your standard portrait shot -- spent about 4 hours with this delightful bird today - joined by a 2cy Little Gull and a passing Hobby 5 mins from home
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Favourite shot of the day - Grey Phalarope Covenham res; perspective is everything
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Have a lot of Avo photos but this one from March 2020 is just a bit different and they are nicely spaced
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Lets be honest a grotty brown bunting does not compare to a stripy phyllosc - Bempton today in dull conditions -
@ScratchTrev
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a few more Eleonora's - one of the most stunning falcons but images do no justice to their amazing flight - watching displaying birds in late April and early May must be one of the best sights of the Western Pal
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Took this on the local pits April 2019 and sort of passed over it - sometimes nice surprises when you look back in the files - Red-necked Grebe
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finally laid a 46 year local Pallid Swift rejection to bed with 2 over Barton Pits this am; always high and in bright or grey sky - very much record shots
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One of those birds you need to see in the snow - Finland February 2007 - with comparative tit for ID purposes second image -
@davidjenkins55
@durosekevin
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Reviewing some 2010 imagery - Les Baux de Provence, January - they are not easy to photograph there, a lot of back ache with a 500 lens standing on a slope at the base of the cliff -
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after 55 years birding I had no idea that male Cuckoos present females with nest material in courtship displays - learnt something new today after seeing this male drop down into the field and come up with this - the object of his attention a fine hepatic female as well
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Its just not going to happen is it - back to the 2012 - 2013 winter for a flock of 90 on my local patch - maybe another thing we will never see again?
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A fortunate fly-by Bittern today heading for a booming male - such intricate plumage patterns easy to appreciate in a still image
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angles and twigs and backgrounds make a big difference to Siskin images
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male Snow Bunting on the Barton tundra today - at least it felt cold enough
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December 8th 2010 - watching this local Rough-leg sitting around then it set off and flew 400m (measured later on maps) and crashed into a reedbed and came out with a Water Rail - one of the most amazing raptor events I have ever seen - unbelievable eyesight
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I like a nice gnarled fence post - the shrike appears to have dropped a couple of tertials and some coverts since last week so may be there for the summer?
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It was truly grim this morning, mist bordering on fog and drizzle and seriously dull - 3200 ISO but amazing what modern camera sensors can produce with a little help from PS
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As it flew north : interesting to see how in obvious it was in a flock of DN and RP
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Cowden July 9th 1989 - only 33 years ago - not my best ever image but an abundance of barbed wire
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been lucky enough to see a lot of singing Bluethroats but one of those birds you can never get enough of - all Varanger 2006
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a somewhat uneventful Lincs seawatch required some back up info from BGuides but with no internet connection even that self punishment was lacking then suddenly about 09:30 a signal arrived and a somewhat unexpected message - could have been just across the Trent - maybe tomorrow
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took a gamble yesterday afternoon and committed to the Staple viewpoint in the hope of a close fly by in good light - think I got a bit more feather detail than day one
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4 and a half hours in a hide with outside temp at 31C - worth it? well light was never going to be good and its never going to be sensibly close but best so far for me - Alkborough Stilt Sand
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What a little cracker - saw this male Merlin on this same post in November 2019 and again yesterday
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first-winter Pied wagtail hunting insects under a concrete wall overhang
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I very nearly deleted this image then realised it was a good example of RLB/rock camo
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Not what I was expecting to find on a wetland site yesterday but a nice bonus
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in 50 years and seeing 100's of Marsh Harriers in the UK never seen an adult male with a head like this - Tarifa September 2017
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Would never win any awards but a flash back to a time when noted and sketches were more important than a photo - Long-toed Stint Saltholme August 1982; click to see full size
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7 year old image but arguably my best ever Marsh Harrier shot and I have a few 1000
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only called in for 10 minutes on the way back from a day in the forest -- some days you get lucky
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male Hen Harrier from this morning -- never expected to be a bit lucky -- ringed at Langholm in 2016 -- more here
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In spite of mentions in Forsman and Roger Clarke's monograph this is only the second dark-headed juvenile Marsh Harrier, small nape spot, that I have seen in 50 years and several 100 juvs; interested to hear if they are more numerous elsewhere - striving for better images
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this still remains as my most impressive roosting male Nightjar camo
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although we know they do it I had never actually seen one with a water Vole until today
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It really was 10 years ago -- 10! Oriental Pratincole Frampton Marsh May 2010
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Noted on the Humber this morning in times of great adversity skuas, Kitts, big gulls and Little Gulls all sitting happily together riding out the wind and rain
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some more dodgy digital-scoping May 2002 - anyone remember a trip to Rimac?
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Last views of the natural Humber embankment EA mower heading this way: what a total disgrace to the Humber
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After an epic overnight bike ride to the Cairngorms set up the hang glider with an excellent SW wind and having great flight views as I passed over Papa
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When I first started recording birds I saw on my paper round in Goxhill in 1969 I soon gave up putting down Willow Tits as they were just too common; the last survivor on my local patch has made it into 2021 but likely its last year - end or an era
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Not something you see regularly the black rail - boy can they run when the parent calls
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as we walked from Roll up to Staple I looked over the fence and it was stood on the cliff top - shame about the sun but hey ho
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well this was a shock; last Saturday's Caspian Tern at Barton sailing pit on the left and today's bird on the right - red rings but on different legs - who would have worked that out if not for the rings and cameras
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Black-winged Pratincole -- had a chance to look through all my images and found a slightly better shot --
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In September 1987 at least 26 Pomarine Skuas lingered on the beach at Rimac, Lincs for up to five weeks --how many people have seen a dark morph bird well?
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It’s very easy to get big images of this bird but to me this is my best image encapsulating the experience albeit leaving the sound to the imagination
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Used the flip screen on the Canon R6 to allow me to put the camera and lens on the ground as close to the waters edge as possible to get a low level perspective and save the dodgy knee Canon R6, Canon 400 DO2 and 1.4x converter, 3200 ISO on a dull morning
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