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Splash Landing

miketoll — Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:45:02 +0100

by: miketoll

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Gadwall Fly By.

miketoll — Sun, 07 Apr 2024 18:04:07 +0100

by: miketoll

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Cormorant Landing.

miketoll — Tue, 02 Apr 2024 09:59:01 +0100

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Gadwall Landing

miketoll — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 11:30:15 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I just rather like the horizontal lines created by the ripples.

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Charge!

miketoll — Tue, 19 Mar 2024 11:50:36 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Poor goose got in the way!

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Mad Mog!

miketoll — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 13:39:17 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Our latest cat is still very much a kitten at heart and has mad tear about moments.

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Birds Of A Feather....

miketoll — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 12:34:03 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Fly together or so the saying goes. When I moved down to this part of the world for a new job some 50 years ago it was not unusual to see flocks of Lapwings on the fields but not anymore so happy to see a small flock flying around.

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Take-off!

miketoll — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:21:25 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Knew he would do it sooner or later so engaged Pro Capture and waited.

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Flying Shoveler.

miketoll — Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:15:15 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: First time out this year! What with dreadful weather and other issues it's been a long time.

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Gadwall

miketoll — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 14:27:52 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Bit of a static shot but a handsome bird.

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Another Tern

miketoll — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 11:36:00 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Along with Robins I can't resist taking shots of Terns.

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Herd Heading Home.

miketoll — Sat, 10 Feb 2024 16:47:48 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Just a very simple shot of the herd my wifes horse runs with heading towards the gate leading to their stables and their evening feed. I fell over and dropped my camera so I was testing everything was still OK with the camera, thankfully it appears to be.

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Time For Tea?

miketoll — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:50:10 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: The horses spotted my wife and I and thought it must be time to come in for the night for a nice bowl of scrummy food and some hay so started to make their way towards us.

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Low Winter Light

miketoll — Thu, 01 Feb 2024 18:36:25 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Low winter light back lighting my wife's horse.

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Lapwing

miketoll — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 11:25:56 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Bit of a distracting background but I thought I would post it anyway.

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Stiff Neck Anyone?

miketoll — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 12:33:26 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Taken last year.

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Hunting

miketoll — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 16:45:43 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Marsh Harrier on the lookout.

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Great Skua

miketoll — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 18:09:52 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: From the archives, taken many years ago in the Shetlands. Big bully boys taking on Gannets and taking down Puffins in mid air for their catch. Like all seabirds now under serious threat.

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Lapwing or as my wife calls them a Peewit

miketoll — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 17:38:50 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Too heavy a crop really but I love the colours which show up well in the sunshine.

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Young Herring Gull

miketoll — Fri, 29 Dec 2023 15:19:33 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Just a snapshot really but I like the strong wing pattern.

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Spring Is Coming!

miketoll — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 11:07:38 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: From the archives from a long time ago of a young Blackbird. We have now had the shortest day and this reminds me Spring is on the way!

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Red Throated Diver.

miketoll — Wed, 13 Dec 2023 17:38:45 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Yeah, I know, it hasn't got a red throat. From the archives.

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Hungry Tiger!?!

miketoll — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 15:51:13 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: I bought a new telephoto lens just before my eyes played up and this was a quick test shot (heavily cropped) to try it out. I really yearn for longer brighter days when I can get out with it more.

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Kitten Exploring Tree.

miketoll — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 10:52:03 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: This was taken of our kitten after he had had his jabs and was allowed to start exploring the big outside world.

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Puffling At Sea.

miketoll — Sun, 19 Nov 2023 11:16:07 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Another from the archives taken in 2006 on a boat trip. This is what puffins look like when not in breeding colours but living at sea as they do most of the year.

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Eastern Dawn

miketoll — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 17:37:47 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Still digging in the archives, found this one taken in 2006 taken at first light on the Suffolk coast.

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Bloom-in Colour.

miketoll — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 21:15:27 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: There was a bloom or something on this patch of water which I thought made foe a nice enviromental shot.

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Great Crested Grebes.

miketoll — Sun, 05 Nov 2023 08:59:50 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Rather sad this one as when I went back a couple of weeks later to see if I could get a shot of the chicks on a parents back the nest was gone and the chicks had been predated with no sign of the adults.

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Ooops, Dropped My Phone!

miketoll — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:13:56 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: From the archives way back in 2010 taken at a fund raising event "Help For Heroes". There were many re-enactment groups and demonstrations in this case amazing trick riding.

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Sticklebacks

miketoll — Sun, 29 Oct 2023 08:47:06 +0000

by: miketoll

Description: Archive shot from 2014. I spotted thes sticklebacks in a ditch which runs into one of the scrapes at Minsmere the same year that they appeared on Springwatch from the same reserve.

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Charge!

miketoll — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:20:23 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Back in the archives. Spring hormones racing Shelducks scrapping.

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Godwit From Above

miketoll — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 17:01:43 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: From the archives.

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Sneaky!

miketoll — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:19:20 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: He flew round behind the trees to pop up unseen over the hunting grounds.

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All The Fun Of The Fair 1920

miketoll — Sat, 14 Oct 2023 11:58:52 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: This is just a quick snap of the fair whilst waiting for the last Tram back to the museums entrance as Beamish was closing for the day.

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Cross Purposes

miketoll — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:51:30 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: My last shot of Terns chasing each other.

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Godwit From Below

miketoll — Tue, 10 Oct 2023 12:12:25 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Another from the Archives. At least it makes me look through my old shots again!

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The Dentist Will See You Now Sir!

miketoll — Mon, 09 Oct 2023 11:15:01 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Don't worry we'ee soon have that tooth out! Would sir like an anaesthetic? That does cost extra. Dental Surgery 1920.

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Dive! Dive! Dive!

miketoll — Sun, 08 Oct 2023 09:07:13 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Still having to post from the archives.

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Muddy Mouthfull

miketoll — Mon, 02 Oct 2023 16:49:43 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Godwit It had not reaaly occured to me how much mud waders must ingest until I looked at my shots.

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War Time Farmyard

miketoll — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 13:07:56 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Depicting approx 1940. Probably a bit too tidy really.

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Sad Day

miketoll — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 16:29:28 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I know there are lots of terrible things going on in the world but reading today that this iconic tree at Sycamore Gap has been wilfully cut down overnight by some mindless moron both saddens and angers me. I have previously put a couple of other shots up of this famous tree so here is a slightly different view.

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Black Tailed Godwit

miketoll — Tue, 26 Sep 2023 11:14:06 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: One from the recent archives.

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A Hunting We Will Go.

miketoll — Sat, 23 Sep 2023 12:00:31 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Still having to look at some of my old shots but at least I can still put some shots up.

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UFO :D

miketoll — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 12:04:37 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I am hopeless at insect ID so I am not even going to guess what it is.

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Tight Turning Terns

miketoll — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 08:27:55 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Still struggling with my eyesight so here is a shot from earlier this year. The shot reminds me of a fighterplane dogfight with each trying to get inside the turn of the other for a shot.

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Jumping Grebe.

miketoll — Sat, 26 Aug 2023 12:02:44 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: I thought he was either going to take off or dive but he just did this funny little jump then settled back down.

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Slap Slap Slap Slap

miketoll — Tue, 22 Aug 2023 11:53:09 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: That was the sound I heard walking through a wooded area, when I looked to see what it was I saw this swan in a small pond chomping away at the weed as fast as it could.

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Swan Lake

miketoll — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 21:58:35 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Saw these swans swimming into dark water and knew this is what I wanted to capture so exposed accordingly.

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Heading Home

miketoll — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 11:44:56 +0100

by: miketoll

Description: Well the three sheep look like they are in this shot even though they were not really :)

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