Went for a beach walk this morning as off work, decided to leave the camera at home as wouldn't see much... Just took the binos.. spotted a male kestrel hovering in the dunes about 60yards away, watched him swoop down and then back up with a vole\mouse in his claws. He then flew straight towards me, landing on some rocks about 20yards away. Stared at me for a second, decided I wasn't a threat and started ripping his breakfast to pieces. I could believe how fast he ate it, he got through half of it and then casually flew off over the dunes. I thought perhaps he was taking the rest back for a brooding mate or young perhaps?
Absolutely gutted that I didn't have the camera as I would of got some cracking images of the Kestrel hunting and the flying with prey and then eating on a rock!! Still very privileged to see it though. Camera is coming with me whenever possible from now on!!
Went to Loch Ness yesterday and within 5 minutes of being there, we got a nice fly past by an Osprey.
Camera was in bag so I quickly grabbed it and obviously it was on the wrong settings, so I only managed a record shot.
Lovely to see one in the wild though
•The worm put up quite a good account of its self
Quick grab shot through the window this morning. The worm put up quite a good account of its self but still lost
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I have a picture in my mind of a Blackbird with a crumpled beak!
•'Morning stretch'
I wouldn't even class it as good enough to be called a record shot.
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You seem to have more luck (and time!) than I
when it comes to small birds… and that makes
me envy your hits score.
Maybe, you could devote a tad more time at
rendering your very cool takes… may I suggest…
•Your edit seems
Thanks for your comments and suggestion Daniel.
Looking at my three photos of the Robin fledgling, they seem to me what was present when I took the photos. Your edit seems way to dark for the bird with too much contrast or pullback on whites and blacks.
One from a visit to Swell Wood, just up the road from me, last night. We sat in the car watching jays, GS woodpeckers, nuthatches, coal tits, and the inevitable tree rats then went to the hide to see if we could see any herons. Quite a few there but with the trees in full leaf they're hard to see. Then this one walked out onto a branch. Just below it was a little egret tucked down into its nest. Not great quality as it's a fairly big crop in poor light, and my camera doesn't handle high iso very well, but better than the jays, woodpeckers etc that I didn't get at all. These guys are just so fluffy.
Grey heron by Jan, on Flickr
•Got these guys (two at the moment) in the garden yesterday
Stunning photos, I just love seeing photos of GSW and there very hard to get such photos, thanks for sharing.Got these guys (two at the moment) in the garden yesterday
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