tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74924339474689518432024-03-04T20:15:24.526-08:00The Malvern Birderby Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-77895787610394083662012-03-20T10:08:00.002-07:002012-03-20T10:11:25.238-07:00New Site - New BlogNew Blog - I've now incorporated my blog with my new site. <br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Thanks for reading.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Carl.</div>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-91562925323717668462011-12-19T10:16:00.000-08:002011-12-19T10:16:17.508-08:00Desert WheatearAs promised a new post. I haven't much chance to get <br />
up onto the hills in recent weeks so when news broke <br />
of the Desert Wheatear on Titterstone I couldn't wait <br />
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I made my first visit the day it was first seen but I didn't<br />
get there till late on, in fact it was near dark. Although<br />
it was pretty gloomy I manage to get some pretty <br />
good views but only managed a few record shot's <br />
with the camera it was then I promised myself another <br />
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another visit, it took a little while to locate but eventually <br />
I got some cracking views with the bird only a few <br />
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It remained pretty mobile throughout the time I was <br />
there and feeding extremley well considering the frost <br />
we had. It managed to catch quiet a few earthworms <br />
from the frozen ground, I guess getting ready for the <br />
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I'll try a get and get a few posts done on here soon<br />
as well.by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-13240836961208524672011-09-14T10:55:00.000-07:002011-09-14T10:55:27.386-07:00Grey Phalarope<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">News of the Grey Phalarope at Holt soon got out</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and it wasn't long before I got myself over there.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Brillant bird, really confiding.</span><br />
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of the Artic Skua from Chelmarsh. I managed to get out<br />
to see tonight for a couple of hours. It remained distant<br />
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by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-6424036368525534972011-08-28T07:34:00.000-07:002011-08-28T07:40:31.863-07:00High Winds<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I made my regular visit up on to the Malvern Hills yesterday. </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I took a quick look around Chat Valley, pretty quite really</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">a single Wheatear was the only bird I could manage. A bit </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">different from in the week when I found Stonechat and Redstart</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">there.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Next I made way over to the Beacon but it didn't look good.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Low cloud hung onto the hill and it looked as though it was </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">there to stay. I made my way up anyway hoping it would soon</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">clear. I reached the summit and the low cloud hadn't budged.</div>I looked around anyway struggling to see through the cloud<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">but there was very little about, a single Wheatear (this one's</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">been here for most of the week) and a single Meadow Pipit.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">I stayed for a while hoping the cloud would clear so I </div>could have a better look around and maybe try for a few more <br />
shot's of the Wheatear but it didn't look good. Not wanting<br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">to waste anymore time I headed over towards North Hill.</div><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">The Wheatear.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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North Hill was pretty quite, nothing on the summit itself but<br />
there was a few Kestrels hunting along the slopes. It was <br />
extremely windy up there but It made good for the Kestrels.<br />
I settled down and attempted to get a few shot's, it wasn't<br />
easy in the high winds but I did enjoy it. While watching<br />
I had glimpses of drifting Peregrines and two almost white<br />
Buzzards, these remained distant though mainly hunting over<br />
Sugarloaf Hill.<br />
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After a couple of hours with the Kestrels I made my way<br />
down, I couldn't stick the wind any longer. It's hard enough<br />
getting flight shot's anyway without the added wind to deal with.<br />
On the way back I found two more Wheatear at the bottom <br />
of the hill but that was it, pretty quite all round.<br />
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I was hoping to find something a bit special on the hills but I'm<br />
probably a bit early yet, hopefully the coming weeks will be<br />
better. I'll keep you posted.<br />
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I've stayed locally over the past few week's with not much about I<br />
thought I'd concentrate my efforts on the Redstarts that have been<br />
so obilging over the past few months.<br />
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Saturday morning came and as usual I left nice and early arriving <br />
at Gailey for 6.30am. On arriving I had a quick scan of the lake <br />
with the bins but couldn't locate the bird at first. I slowly made my <br />
way around the lake trying not disturb the fisherman who were still <br />
tucked up tight in their sleeping bags.<br />
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I continued to scan the lake but couldn't locate the bird <br />
anywhere, I'd virtually gone full circle before I came accross <br />
it, amazingly feeding some 15 feet off the bank. It noticed me <br />
straight away and before I could rasie the camera it dipped <br />
and the next time I see it, it was about thirty feet away - Boy <br />
can they motor underwater.<br />
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I waited in the hope it would return and it did eventually. The <br />
bird seem to have a route mapped out heading down the lake <br />
to the island and back again. Before to long it was close again. <br />
The light wasn't great but I managed a few shot's before it <br />
moved off back down the lake.<br />
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I was joined later by Pete and we settled down waiting for <br />
Grebe to reappear. It came close on occassions but the light <br />
had gone, making for me noisey shot's. I've been quite impressed <br />
so far with the 7D but in overcast conditions I've noticed that <br />
you really need to step the ISO down.<br />
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That said most of the shot's I got were fairly big crops 70% and <br />
more at times so I'm probably being a little hard on the camera <br />
really. I do try a keep as low as I can when photographying my <br />
birds and today was no different using the bank as much as I <br />
could. Mind you, you do have to hold your nose sometimes - It <br />
can be a little smelly especially lakes.<br />
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The only other problem with lying on the bank is bugs and there <br />
were plenty crawling around at Gailey, Including a Wasp that took <br />
a fancy to me, so much so it decided to give me a kiss - Bloody <br />
thing!<br />
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<div style="text-align: left;">A few shot's from the trip.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">during last week I thought I'd go a take a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">look. I popped up on Thursday and found </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">a total of six. It was good mixture of adult</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and juvenile all looking in good condition</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and feeding quite well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I did try for a few photo's but there was </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">very little light in the evening. The whole </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">was more or less in full shade. I thought I'd </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">leave it till the weekend.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Saturday morning came and I tried again.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I made a good search around the valley but </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">all to no avail. The only thing I could find </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">was a flock of Linnet. The Wheatear had</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">obviously moved on, I thought back to the </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">previous year and I could remember a </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">good amount of Wheatear beening around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for most of August. Hopefully this won't be </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the only chance I get.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I moved on to where the Redstarts have</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">been for the past few months breeding not </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">really expecting to see them, thinking they </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">may have already moved on, but to my </span><br />
<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">surprise they were still a few in the area.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I settled down and waited in my usually</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">place and like previous times before the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">first bird on the scene was a Robin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">After a few mouthfuls of mealworm the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Robin disappeared. It was long after the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">first Redstart appeared - A female.</span><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">She only made a quick visit. She picked </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">up as much as could in her beak and </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">retreated quickly to the nearby bushes.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It wasn't long before she returned making</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the most of my free offerings.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I stayed for few hours watching and waiting</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">for more to arrive but none did. They were</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">around, I could see juvenile males, at least</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">two in the vicinity and an adult male but </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">they kept away, obviously got better things </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to do or maybe just sick of Mealworm.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hopefully I might just squeeze another trip</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in before they leave for on their long journey.</span></div>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-460273651234187882011-08-06T13:48:00.000-07:002011-08-06T13:48:13.541-07:00Blacktoft Sands and Far IngsThe plan was a trip to Blacktoft first for the Marsh<br />
Sandpiper and hopefully the Marsh Harrier then onto<br />
Far Ings in the afternoon.<br />
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Richard, Ron and Alan picked me up at 5.15am<br />
on Sunday morning and we set off for Blacktoft<br />
Sands.<br />
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On arriving we got ourselves setup and made our<br />
way up the path towards the Singleton Hide.<br />
The Singleton Hide is located at the far right of the <br />
reserve and this is where the Marsh Sand had been<br />
seen. It didn't take us long to locate it although <br />
distant we had some relatively good views at <br />
times as feed along the near bank.<br />
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Photographing the Marsh Sandpiper was difficult <br />
though, no matter what way I tried I couldn't get a <br />
sharp shot. Record shot's was going be it...<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Spotted Flycatchers I took a couple of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">weeks ago in Leominster Cemetary. It </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">seems like an age ago now. These are </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the very first shot's with my new toy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Although a bit of a grey day, when the </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">showers finally stopped I managed a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">couple of hours photographing these </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">beautiful little birds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The young were high up in the canopy </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">of the trees and didn't really show </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">thereselves at all, only popping out when </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">mum or dad turned up with a meal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The adults were constantly back and </span><br />
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a Canon 500, all I need to do now is sell my<br />
Canon 400 5.6L to pay for all the other bit's<br />
that I need to go with it.<br />
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All the photo's on this site have been taken <br />
with this lens so you can see it's nice and sharp.<br />
Any test welcome, I can send a few photo's<br />
of the lens if required. The lens itself comes<br />
with a camoflague cover, it's own case and I still<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">(You can view these by clicking the link at the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The bird gaves us some superb views at times</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">outing, miserable weather but well worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Shorelark at Cley.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I went looking for this bird a couple of </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">last day, cracking bird.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Salthouse has to be one of my favorite places </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">to </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">photograph birds in Norfolk. It's small pools </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">can hold </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">good numbers of Waders and Ducks </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">and offer some </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">superb close views, but there </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Unfortuanatly being summertime and and the </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">were virtually </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">dryed out, so the pools were </span><br />
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<br />by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-34877824408328587182011-04-17T15:14:00.000-07:002011-04-17T15:15:32.684-07:00The Malverns!<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I thought I'd stay local this week after a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">disappointing </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">350 mile round trip last week. I </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">tried for the Salvonian </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Grebe up at Waters </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Edge but it had gone by the time </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This week I thought I'd give the Malvern Hills a </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">go. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I've </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">there through the week mostly </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">around </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">British Camp.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Wheatear didn't disappoint, there was at </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">least </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">or 4 </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">in Wheatear Valley.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I spent the first hour an half searching in the wrong </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">area, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I trudged across the moors some more and ended up getting</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">this point a male Hen Harrier crossed my path some distance </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">away in </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">front of me, a first for me. I've seen plenty of </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">of hours had passed before I </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">had my </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">chance, I'd actually fell </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The flash host's these birds year in year out, now </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Worth the trip!</span></div>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-12559135719495964652011-03-29T12:41:00.000-07:002011-03-31T13:20:57.664-07:00Exminster Marshes<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Not exactly what I expected, no hides </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">just a few screens dotted here and there. <br />The Birds...well there wasn't that much <br />really although thinking of it I probably <br />should have visited in the winter time. <br /><br />As I say there was very little to see apart <br />from the normal odd Grey Heron here and <br />there and a few little Egrets. Ducks were <br />pretty sparse too with only the normal <br />Mallards around. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The pathway that runs along the side of <br />the reserve is fairly long with only a few <br />screens here and there to view from. <br />Those of you thinking about photographic <br />opportunities will need a fairly big lens to <br />get anything like a decent shot. <br /><br />All that said there are pools but you have <br />to contend with the masses of reeds that <br />fence the reserve off although I think there <br />maybe good opportunities here. <br /><br />The pathway leads to an open field that <br />leads on to the estuary. It was the main <br />estuary that proved to the best albeit the <br />majority of the birds were distant. <br /><br />Avocets, Redshank and Curlew could all <br />be seen and an unexpected Red Breasted <br />Merganser flew past disturbed by a speed <br />boat, a new tick for me. <br /><br />Further along the estuary a flock of twenty <br />or so Dark Bellied Brent Geese were found <br />it was these I concentrated my efforts on <br />occasionally the speed boat would come <br />flying down the estuary, not so good for <br />the geese but ideal for a few flight shots. </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6edAVWMrCyCbd42tDCgp1msmIcPHq6MWwHM0SPfVccZJ9lsOXgoFH6GqOfrxrXXVcBrbJ0dsHk4ueVrXUrhz-Wx6w_Fq0P12AxhDoIG-K1Kt7oc088ujGyPtJd2kKJ9MhOh33fRGuco/s1600/Brent+Goose+wings+down.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6edAVWMrCyCbd42tDCgp1msmIcPHq6MWwHM0SPfVccZJ9lsOXgoFH6GqOfrxrXXVcBrbJ0dsHk4ueVrXUrhz-Wx6w_Fq0P12AxhDoIG-K1Kt7oc088ujGyPtJd2kKJ9MhOh33fRGuco/s1600/Brent+Goose+wings+down.jpg"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6edAVWMrCyCbd42tDCgp1msmIcPHq6MWwHM0SPfVccZJ9lsOXgoFH6GqOfrxrXXVcBrbJ0dsHk4ueVrXUrhz-Wx6w_Fq0P12AxhDoIG-K1Kt7oc088ujGyPtJd2kKJ9MhOh33fRGuco/s320/Brent+Goose+wings+down.jpg" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Apart from the geese the only other bird to <br />mention was a Rock Pipit that seem to be <br />following me along the estuary path.</span>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-90857105029108383612011-03-21T12:02:00.000-07:002011-03-21T15:06:46.889-07:00Down South!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well we've been north, so why not!<br /></span><div><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Berry Head and Broadsands were </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the intended </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">venues with a possible </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trip to Exminster </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Marshes if I had </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">time on the way back.</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My main targets were Cirl Bunting </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and both </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Berry Head and Broadsands </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">were their </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">strongholds so hopefully </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it wouldn't be to </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">hard to find them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQn305XJDlImYfxBytUfcXTe_a2Ah8cIpJc6Ot_85QcuRHmhWpLJd5n1zyt30c83Jr6PziNFDm_ZrFxS2Wi9jOGzSfHyM8LSnlxA9CvG93WFBcIb8N1BVq59yzsgDWyWRQaO20aj35tQ/s1600/Female+Cirl+Bunting.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 261px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632046966612130" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUQn305XJDlImYfxBytUfcXTe_a2Ah8cIpJc6Ot_85QcuRHmhWpLJd5n1zyt30c83Jr6PziNFDm_ZrFxS2Wi9jOGzSfHyM8LSnlxA9CvG93WFBcIb8N1BVq59yzsgDWyWRQaO20aj35tQ/s320/Female+Cirl+Bunting.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After a quick walk around I soon caught </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">my first </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">glimpses of these beautiful little </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">birds. </span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKkJyvwSfEJTE0O6KvqrONX2Axc5_jONDT7vyf8l3Iub1p2W3ci5nbKSyEd8t1oiRsSXvt_oZx9ho5mdF493-Zp9euct3zFULDxogO6fT-obRonhctfZy8W5lsj1ApZJqDleoHP74zVA/s1600/Female-Cirl-Bunting-in-frosted-grass.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632040612318482" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKkJyvwSfEJTE0O6KvqrONX2Axc5_jONDT7vyf8l3Iub1p2W3ci5nbKSyEd8t1oiRsSXvt_oZx9ho5mdF493-Zp9euct3zFULDxogO6fT-obRonhctfZy8W5lsj1ApZJqDleoHP74zVA/s320/Female-Cirl-Bunting-in-frosted-grass.jpg" /></span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">No sooner had I found the one another </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">one appeared </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">then another before long </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I had at least seven around </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">me both </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">male and female.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQE8UlOqIZBBUO5l60hJnvM-Mjl1wj39jYDNSZPzZBGrBl5fDJTRWd1WDIRM5fx8cJr4-YjOE29WFYWfBIVpPCpFiwi0XZ_0h0hWgWftzSiI2LCH-uryclxGeO53tFvsKsQ1OSyqdyfc/s1600/Cirl+Bunting+close+up.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586632057492585410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQE8UlOqIZBBUO5l60hJnvM-Mjl1wj39jYDNSZPzZBGrBl5fDJTRWd1WDIRM5fx8cJr4-YjOE29WFYWfBIVpPCpFiwi0XZ_0h0hWgWftzSiI2LCH-uryclxGeO53tFvsKsQ1OSyqdyfc/s320/Cirl+Bunting+close+up.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I spent most of the morning trying to get </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a few </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">decent shot's in the harsh light and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it was pretty </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">tough.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After plenty of trying I decided enough </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was enough </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and moved onto the coastal </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">path to try my luck there </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but it wasn't my </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">day although I did get to see plenty </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of birds </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">my photography was going nowhere.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I spent ages with the Fulmars down near </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the cliff's </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trying out my new 7D but I just </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">couldn't get a </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">decent flight shot no matter </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">how hard I tried, here's </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a couple of my </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">shot's.</span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6Rd2mveBEvGNZMo832XOZ6gE66OCnUGVvAOeipIrxTtOo-bJ4Kb5PxJFap_2_BuX2N_krucy_WlIMXI3x-KAjmjJ7MftsGue62lv09sXcJaLRol1lZcPzfWgvm_r9IntHav270xFeAg/s1600/Fulmar.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 214px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586655961804068434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs6Rd2mveBEvGNZMo832XOZ6gE66OCnUGVvAOeipIrxTtOo-bJ4Kb5PxJFap_2_BuX2N_krucy_WlIMXI3x-KAjmjJ7MftsGue62lv09sXcJaLRol1lZcPzfWgvm_r9IntHav270xFeAg/s320/Fulmar.jpg" /></span></a><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuiQtRHuf8S1V2n__xf_9z7A7XtPTWbwTrVV_HXCvfkDvi8QwtBdDIMAIHvNFLiD74vjh06D501lGNApN98JdbZ3kxybaDdunEDsKquRKZZBKaQHLOgB0jXPODTvCwQzRwvgCND6O86o/s1600/Fulmar-2.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 210px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586655967122151570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMuiQtRHuf8S1V2n__xf_9z7A7XtPTWbwTrVV_HXCvfkDvi8QwtBdDIMAIHvNFLiD74vjh06D501lGNApN98JdbZ3kxybaDdunEDsKquRKZZBKaQHLOgB0jXPODTvCwQzRwvgCND6O86o/s320/Fulmar-2.jpg" /></span></a></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">With time pressing on I decided to move </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">onto to </span></div><div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Exminster Marshes. </span></div></div></div></div>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-42025842267513398502011-03-16T09:10:00.000-07:002011-03-16T09:54:34.215-07:00Up North!<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just a quick update from my recent </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trip to Lincolnshire.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I went for the obvious... The very obliging </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Short Eared Owl </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that I've seen so many </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">pictures </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of recently. Unfortunately for </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">me and a few </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">others the main bird didn't </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">show, probably </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">something to do with the </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">very </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">cold wind that </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was sweeping </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">across the </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">marsh </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">throughout </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">most of the day. Very little </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">seen </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">in fact, </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">apparently someone did </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">manage one bird </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">early </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">morning flying low over </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the marsh but that </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">was </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">it. I hung on </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">till the end </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">catching only glimpses </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of two very distant birds.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Although I dipped on the Short Eared Owl I </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">did manage a shot </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">of one of the two roosting </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Long Eared Owl's over at Blacktoft </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sands. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A first </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">for me, wild one anyway. I also </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">managed to see </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">the Rough </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Legged Buzzard that had been reported </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">at South </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ferriby again it </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">remained distant </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">throughout my stay so no photo's </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but again </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">another </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">first for me.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCNI-_rME4m-sHHA3CYiJB8pFn6cnqlW8BOaJ1_XfdxqQesHcX9U2yeZSbkBkif6ji1eM5Qww9sanY_FtkTU_FMgKnk4R2FZ37B5g9ee9V__EkkBE_-RIvdU4rNne6TznW_rbRVm2WeU/s1600/Long+Eared+Owl.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 250px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584718630479392866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCNI-_rME4m-sHHA3CYiJB8pFn6cnqlW8BOaJ1_XfdxqQesHcX9U2yeZSbkBkif6ji1eM5Qww9sanY_FtkTU_FMgKnk4R2FZ37B5g9ee9V__EkkBE_-RIvdU4rNne6TznW_rbRVm2WeU/s320/Long+Eared+Owl.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Not all bad. I did manage to see everthing </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">maybe next time for the photo's.</span>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7492433947468951843.post-34308369713504910102011-02-28T13:32:00.000-08:002011-02-28T14:18:09.312-08:00Kinmel Bay<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Kinmel Bay - Rhyl.<br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This is a place I've had my eye on for a long time and I knew</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">exactly the shot I was after but could I get it?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Snow Buntings were my target and Kinmel Bay hosts them </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">most years. I've seen some cracking shots from this location </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I was kind of hoping it would be pretty easy, silly me!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I spent a while trawling the net trying to find out where the </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">best place was to find them, most described a large tree </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">trunk on the beach near the Harbour where visitors and locals </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">feed them with handfuls of loose seed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After much searching I eventually found the said tree and with</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">an </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">already stacked larder of seed awaiting the Buntings return.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A quick scan of the beach and I found them all five along with </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a handful of Skylark.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">That was the easy part next to try and get a shot, not easy! </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">were not as approachable as others I've found, although</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">they </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">didn't </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">exactly fly off but kind of scurried along the rocks </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and stones </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">as I </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">drew closer.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My only hope was to wait until they flew to the awaiting dinner</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">table.</span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju_EEJoc12Vq2pac5PbSMUm8A0Kw3uuEbEKX6vw28fxP_8FT2ItLSskPYLrxwrE1pJLI4Hei9bs3DIHHnE2lalF58laoAVF6z7tnKR7J4eVMKjQo7OtXVqAwvK7yuKNyxgPLGC5Zw194/s1600/Snow+Bunting+Kimnel+Bay.jpg"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><img style="WIDTH: 320px; HEIGHT: 205px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578865909608005618" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgju_EEJoc12Vq2pac5PbSMUm8A0Kw3uuEbEKX6vw28fxP_8FT2ItLSskPYLrxwrE1pJLI4Hei9bs3DIHHnE2lalF58laoAVF6z7tnKR7J4eVMKjQo7OtXVqAwvK7yuKNyxgPLGC5Zw194/s320/Snow+Bunting+Kimnel+Bay.jpg" /></span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The best I could manage on the day,</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> maybe next year! </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>by Carlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16243595191002951065noreply@blogger.com1