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Collision Course!

miketoll — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 17:03:03 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Except it wasn't really, just the angle of the shot and the shortened perspective of a long telephoto lens. Blsk Tailed Godwits.

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Common Sandpiper.

miketoll — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:36:32 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Not really seen one before (my bird ID is poor) but this one came close to the hide so got a decent shot.

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Close Formation Flying

miketoll — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 18:04:27 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I was amazed about how close this pair of Egyption Geese flew to each other.

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Run Baby Run

miketoll — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:17:07 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Coot sprinting at full tilt chasing after another coot.

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Godwits Formation Flying

miketoll — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:05:39 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: There were lots of Black Tailed Godwits on the water and occasionaly flying around, coming and going.

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Family Planning?

miketoll — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 18:23:23 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Very successful brood by the look of it. Another pair of Egyption Geese had only got one surviving chick.

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Four-Spotted Chaser 3

miketoll — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:29:28 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: A very standard view but I do like the detail.

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Four-Spotted Chaser 2

miketoll — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:26:42 +0100

by: miketoll

Four-Spotted Chaser 1

miketoll — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 18:24:13 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Managed to get a few shots of the Chaser while sitting in the hide.

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Nature In The Raw?

miketoll — Sat, 31 May 2025 19:23:01 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Must be a better title somewhere! The birds were not out playing yesterday so like many of the other photographers used my zoom as a semi macro lens on dragonflies and damselflies.

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Blowing In The Wind

miketoll — Wed, 28 May 2025 21:31:25 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: A wee change from bird pictures. The path I was walking on was covered in millions of seeds coming from reeds lining a stream. I used a shaded area of the background to under expose the shot giving a dark background and make the seeds (which had filaments) stand out.

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Gull Attack 3

miketoll — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:45:40 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: The same gull having forced down the crow then attacked a Coot which fought back by leaping from the water to try and strike the gull. I have never seen this behaviour before as most birds just duck (no pun intended) but Coots are themselves aggressive birds. This happened several times until the gull flew away.

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Gull Attack 2

miketoll — Sun, 25 May 2025 17:37:29 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: The next frame of the attack at 12.5 fps so giving some idea of the closing speed. The next frame caught the impact but it was such a chaotic jumble of bodies and wings with no heads showing I deleted it.

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Gull Attack 1 - Closing In.

miketoll — Fri, 23 May 2025 18:35:35 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: A particularly agressive gull was attacking all and sundry, here closing in on what I think is a crow. Harsh light, both a black and a white subject plus cropping. Not an ideal situation!

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Feed Me!

miketoll — Wed, 21 May 2025 20:22:13 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Hungary chick keen to get that large fish!

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Where Are We Going Daddy?

miketoll — Fri, 16 May 2025 21:28:19 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I was thrilled to see a succesful brood of Great Crested Grebes riding on the parents back, four in all though not all visible in this shot. Long lens plus two teleconverters plus pretty hefty crop but it worked!

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Magpie Fly By

miketoll — Tue, 13 May 2025 21:15:05 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Given the right light these are surprisingly beautiful birds.

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Lapwing.

miketoll — Sat, 10 May 2025 21:48:19 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: All my previous Lapwing shots have been taken from quite a distance but for once the bird came close and showed off it's beautifull colours in the sunshine.

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Another Swan Shot

miketoll — Sun, 04 May 2025 22:56:38 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Title says it all really but hey ho hope you like it anyway.

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Swan Landing.

miketoll — Fri, 02 May 2025 22:29:34 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I love to watch and photograph these beautiful birds in action, not just looking serene floating on a lake.

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Smatching Up A Morsel

miketoll — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 18:26:19 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I am not sure if this is a slightly different technique or if he slightly overshot the morsel and did a quick grab.

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Picking Up A Morsel.

miketoll — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 20:28:33 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: There were a lot of Blackheaded Gulls picking up something from the surface of the water, guessing insects?

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Four Winged Mutant Goose!?!

miketoll — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 22:55:51 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Just a bit of fun for Easter, though you never know.....

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Black-Tailed Godwit Coming In To Land

miketoll — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 21:14:50 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Disturbed by another bird landing close by the Godwit did a very short flight to land close by to where it was.

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Swan Takeoff.

miketoll — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 21:39:12 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Prolonged and arduous take off both running and flapping wings over a considerable distance. Another grab shot after hearing three swans making a racket, managed to get this one full frame having missed the first two.

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Grey Heron Flypast.

miketoll — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:03:27 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Went to a different location and was talking to a couple of other photographers when this Grey Heron appeared from nowhere and I managed to grab a shot.

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Kung Fu Coots!

miketoll — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 20:53:05 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I have wanted to capture a Coot fight for a long time so glad to get a series of shots of this fight. Just a shame the background is so busy and messy.

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Cat Shot

miketoll — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:15:11 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: In the hope that someone else will post some photos I wondered if a cat shot would encourage some posts!?!

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Greylag Goose

miketoll — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:17:32 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I was looking elsewhere with a teleconverter on my lens giving me 1000mm equivelent focal length when a sudden close honking made me turn round and instinctively point and shoot. Amazingly amongst the many shots with bits of the bird missing I got a couple of frame filling shots with all the bird in the frame.

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Wild Goose Chase!

miketoll — Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:55:25 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: More spring time rivalry with Canada Geese this time.

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Coots A Go Go

miketoll — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:55:21 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: That time of year again when rivalry erupts.

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Egret Over Dark Water

miketoll — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 20:49:18 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I liked the contrast of the Egret against the dark water with the reflection and the colours in the water.

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Dunnock

miketoll — Mon, 10 Mar 2025 21:37:19 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Just a "bird on a stick" shot but I could not resist this handsome bird which I could take at eye level for once.

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Egyption Goose Fly By

miketoll — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 19:50:59 +0000

by: miketoll

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Down The Hatch

miketoll — Wed, 05 Mar 2025 17:19:50 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: The third of my little Robin triptych showing the Robin swallowing his prize.

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Grab A Bite.

miketoll — Thu, 27 Feb 2025 18:05:09 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Having decided the people in the hide were safe the Robin decided to come down and grab a seed from the hides window sill. Fortunately my lens has very good close focussing for a long lens so I could get a shot.

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Cccold cold Robin.

miketoll — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 19:18:56 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Got out for the first time this year on a cold Febuary day. The robin was eyeing some seeds put out on the hide's window sill looking very puffed up due to the cold.

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Stretch Those Wings!

miketoll — Sun, 16 Feb 2025 22:46:06 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Taken om my last outing last year.

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Shovelers Taking To The Sky

miketoll — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 12:14:25 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Still can't get out and about with the camera so one from the archives.

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Odd One Out

miketoll — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:46:33 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I haven'y been able to get out this year so here is one taken, I think, last year.

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We Have Liftoff!

miketoll — Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:24:45 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Looks like it's balancing on it's tail feathers.

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Another Cormoront Shot.

miketoll — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:36:56 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Going through some older photos.

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Soon Be Springtime Again.

miketoll — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:38:38 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: So looking forward to being able to get out again and seeing new life.

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Christmas Card Robin?

miketoll — Sat, 21 Dec 2024 16:24:53 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: To be put on Christmas cards for people you have to send a card to but don't get along with! :D

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Talking On The Wing

miketoll — Mon, 16 Dec 2024 17:46:20 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Couple of shovelers caught having a chat as they flew earlier in the year. Ought to be a caption in there somewhere.

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High Speed Cormorant.

miketoll — Sun, 08 Dec 2024 16:56:38 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Sitting in the hide with nary a bird in sight and then this cormorant did a close high speed pass. That's bird photography, nothing for ages then something happens in a split second then it's over.

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Lifted Off

miketoll — Sat, 30 Nov 2024 16:33:50 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I was sitting in the hide and heard a commotion so turned round and managed to grab this shot of a Swan through the window on the other side of the hide.

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Autumnal Flying Ducks.

miketoll — Sat, 23 Nov 2024 22:13:44 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I just loved the colours and lighting on that day and the ducks gave me a subject to set against the colourful background.

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Cormorant Splashdown

miketoll — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 15:25:11 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: They do seem to need a long runway for landing!

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