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Been back to that little place for half hour today.
Saw a couple of Red Legged Partridges, 2 pheasants, 20 reed buntings, 4 pied waggies, 3 dunnocks, 1 male stonechat, 4 skylarks, a kestrel, what I think could have been a Merlin and 4 mallards. On the short drive home I also saw some sort of Warbler in the reeds in the dyke, but it flew off just before I clicked the shutter. So another mission for another day.
Anyway a 100% crop of a Red-Legged Partridge:
And my favourite shot of a female Reed Bunting so far.
I really need to save for that L lens, cause the softness at the top end of this Sigma is frustrating me now. I want feather detail damn it :bang:
I thought I would also include a Google Earth shot of the location today, just to show you that you can find some rather special treats in the strangest of places I am now using Google Earth to search out other little areas near us to see what else we can find.
The red circle is where there is currently a big pile of old red piping and lots of garden clippings and what not. The line under it is where we park the car and where the Stone Chats and Reed buntings come up close and just watch you.
Thanks for looking!
Jo
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Saw a couple of Red Legged Partridges, 2 pheasants, 20 reed buntings, 4 pied waggies, 3 dunnocks, 1 male stonechat, 4 skylarks, a kestrel, what I think could have been a Merlin and 4 mallards. On the short drive home I also saw some sort of Warbler in the reeds in the dyke, but it flew off just before I clicked the shutter. So another mission for another day.
Anyway a 100% crop of a Red-Legged Partridge:
And my favourite shot of a female Reed Bunting so far.
I really need to save for that L lens, cause the softness at the top end of this Sigma is frustrating me now. I want feather detail damn it :bang:
I thought I would also include a Google Earth shot of the location today, just to show you that you can find some rather special treats in the strangest of places I am now using Google Earth to search out other little areas near us to see what else we can find.
The red circle is where there is currently a big pile of old red piping and lots of garden clippings and what not. The line under it is where we park the car and where the Stone Chats and Reed buntings come up close and just watch you.
Thanks for looking!
Jo
xxxx