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Hollesley's still there RSPB Boyton & Hollesley Marshes, Marsh Harriers fly over the River Alde marshes at Orford Ness. OP's postcode isn't quite correct but presume location is somewhere around Woodbridge or Waldringfield

Freya? that was sighted in Shetland and Denmark but was eventually shot by the Norwegian authorities due to its "risk to human life" in the Oslofjord.

Nice! I've got a couple of OM10s which I fondle from time to time (one has a motor drive attachment o_O ), lenses include the usual Zuiko 50 f1.8 and 28 f2.8 and a Sigma 28-70 zoom. Both still work and I occasionally waste a roll of film through them. The first OM10 replaced a Praktica MTL3...

I've always self-insured for kit (apart from kids' musical instruments for trips/theft) and presume this question is about kit as opposed to PL/PI insurance for professional cover?

Fond of sitting on the fence too

Resident partridge, shot through the back door

Another vote for BlackRapid here, Sport in my case, very comfortable (y) they also do a female-form version as seen in the link that Jak posted above, which looks like it spreads the weight over the shoulder socket rather than pulling on the collar bone and trapezius muscle at the back (and is...

Joel did mention it in the OP, the spaceship lighthouse is some way out on the shoreline at Dovercourt beach, just south of Harwich in the most north-easterly part of Essex. Marooned at high tide and accessible at low tide. https://www.visitessex.com/things-to-do/dovercourt-bay-p1339611

Here's a set of snaps I took at the 2012 event, most of the track shots were at Molecombe on the outside of the bend with the close-ups in the queueing area before the start. The statics were in the paddock (obvs). https://flic.kr/s/aHsjAkqqSd When my boys were young (late 90s) we visited...

Around here (20 miles east of Stansted Airport) we have a pair of sparrowhawks. Male seems to like starlings and female (much bigger bird) takes wood pigeons. Having said that, we've other raptors too, buzzards galore and, recently, a pair of ofkites. Two types of owls too, tawny and barn...

Closer view of the Aldeburgh lifeboat View: https://flic.kr/p/2n4NEx7

Long-abandoned fishing boat on Aldeburgh beach View: https://flic.kr/p/2n4PWnx The Aldeburgh lifeboat returning to base View: https://flic.kr/p/2n4Neo2

Sorry, work got in the way https://www.amazon.co.uk/Manfrotto-Befree-MKBFRTA4BK-BH-Advanced-Aluminum/dp/B07839ZHPB/ref=sr_1_5?crid=RA53NFPUA2U7&keywords=manfrotto+befree+tripod&qid=1644941088&sprefix=manfrotto+befree%2Caps%2C62&sr=8-5

Manfrotto Befree on Amazon at £139? I have one and have found it surprisingly solid (and it's easier to carry than my 055XDB!). Twist action legs, mine's the older "Amazon Choice" offering with clip legs.

This image was taken at a distance of about 20 ft, the depth of field is tiny View: https://flic.kr/p/2kTzdCQ You've mentioned rocks at 50m, that's a long way away relatively speaking and if there's any front or back focusing issues with your kit you'll have issues. What camera body are you...