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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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Great Crested Grebe

davet47 — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:39:48 +0100

by: davet47

Description: For Mike Toll-obviously not up to your standard but they were a long way out on the lake. Google maps says 300 metres! 300mm lens with 1.5 crop sensor and 1.4 TC so 630mm equiv focal length, then cropped 50% on the width. Overall I'm quite happy with these. Processed with my normal ACDSee routine, then Topaz Denoise AI.

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Great Crested Grebe 2

davet47 — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:34:17 +0100

by: davet47

Great Crested Grebe 3

davet47 — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:31:25 +0100

by: davet47

Great crested Grebe 4

davet47 — Thu, 29 May 2025 11:29:47 +0100

by: davet47

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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Little Grebe with Grebelets

davet47 — Sat, 24 May 2025 15:41:20 +0100

by: davet47

Description: The one with the chestnut feathers is presumably an adult although it doesn't look much older than the little ones.

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Little Grebe with two grebelets

davet47 — Sat, 24 May 2025 15:37:51 +0100

by: davet47

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Look at me!

davet47 — Sat, 24 May 2025 15:35:50 +0100

by: davet47

Description: How tall can a Mallard Duckling get?

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Mallard Duckling

davet47 — Sat, 24 May 2025 15:33:59 +0100

by: davet47

Description: This one decided to get out of the waer and have a good preen.

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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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Gull

davet47 — Thu, 22 May 2025 18:55:56 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Just cruising past.

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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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Oystercatchers

davet47 — Thu, 15 May 2025 16:07:30 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Taken while hunting for small birds that I initially thought to be Swifts, then possibly Sand Martins but there weren't any about and the holes in the cliff face were far too large!

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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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Butterflies mating

davet47 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:30:53 +0100

by: davet47

Description: With voyeuristic fly to the left!

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Cabbage white butterfly

davet47 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:28:59 +0100

by: davet47

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Cabbage White Butterfly

davet47 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:26:48 +0100

by: davet47

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Cabbage white butterfly

davet47 — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 19:21:56 +0100

by: davet47

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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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Male Siskin

davet47 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:31:09 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Thought I'd have a trip to Llyn Brening in Denbighshire. Too bright for landscapes across the lake surface so I concentrated on the birds and butterflies (to follow).

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Male Siskin 2

davet47 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:27:27 +0100

by: davet47

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The ubiquitous Robin

davet47 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:25:39 +0100

by: davet47

Description: There's always one about!

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Male Chaffinch

davet47 — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:23:19 +0100

by: davet47

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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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Robin

davet47 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:12:57 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Very co-operative. He let me get within about 4 feet of him.

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Robin looking upwards

davet47 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:10:49 +0100

by: davet47

Description: I didn't see anything going over.

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Get off my patch!

davet47 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:08:54 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Squabbling Canada Geese

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Canada Geese waiting

davet47 — Sun, 30 Mar 2025 14:07:25 +0100

by: davet47

Description: Probably for the next delivery of nesting material!

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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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Close flypast!

davet47 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:40:30 +0000

by: davet47

Description: Haven't been out for a few days as I felt a bit off (too much chocolate I think!, ok now though) and my dog minder's away so I don't go too far from home when she's not available, Dog is now eleven but still thinks she's two!

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Gentle touchdown!

davet47 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:36:20 +0000

by: davet47

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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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Height gain achieved!

davet47 — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:41:42 +0000

by: davet47

Description: Canada Goose in flight. (taken after the previous shot)

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