Waxwing
February 22, 2013
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I had missed a few opportunity`s to photograph the migrant Waxwing due to my work schedule but today I had the chance to head down to Weston super mare where the waxwings had been seen feeding on some bushes still laden with berries which I was quite surprised to see at this time of year due to it being late February, on arrival I counted some 23 w...
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Buzzard at Catcott
February 20, 2013
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I headed down to the Somerset levels in search of birds of prey to photograph I know of a few areas likely to give me an opportunity to photograph the Buzzard, Short eared owl, and possibly the Barn owl, and after a fairly short drive down the motorway from my home town of Clevedon the only bird which put in an appearance which was actually close e...
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Buzzard
February 20, 2013
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I headed out to one of my local spots in search of the Barn owl and after the owl did not make an appearance I decided it would have to be plan B, I know of an area where the Buzzard perch up on a power line pole which overlooks a field the bird will then glide down to the unsuspecting prey and hunt he has seen or just to feed on worms,it was aroun...
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Mandarin
February 11, 2013
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I arranged to meet up with fellow photographer and good friend Terry Bagley, he had informed me of a location to be able to photograph a bird that was high on my wish list the (Mandarin), I met up with Terry at the location, and set about capturing my first images of the Mandarin, it`s a bird with plumage that can only be described as incredibly co...
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Bittern Slimbridge
February 02, 2013
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A Bittern photographed at Slimbridge today in its natural environment, they blend in really well with the reeds and at times they are hard to locate it is also quite tricky to capture a nice clean image amongst the reed stems but it is worth all the effort and I am all ready looking forward to photographing these normally very shy birds again....
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