Friday 20 November 2009

The swans are back !

Sunday 15th November

cold, rain, sun, wind

about 1200 whoopers are now at Martin Mere, its a pleasure to sit and watch them flying in and out, especially around the 3 oclock feed





next job is to capture the feeding frenzy

Nikon D3, Sigma 500mm

Wednesday 4 November 2009

A different sort of day (from yesterday)







Grey, heavy rain, blue light, lots of swans today, pintails gossiping, shovellers, ruff, redshanks, swans gathering for the feed.

Nikon D3, Sigma 500mm lens

Tuesday 3 November 2009

Waiting for the swans






Cold and rainy day at Martin Mere, patience skills polished and proved worthwhile (eventually) with a nice sky and a few flying swans.

Nikon D3, Sigma 500mm lens

Saturday 31 October 2009

A brief opportunity





The sun came out so we went for a walk, Lymm Dam

Nikon D3, Nikon 80-400mm lens

Monday 26 October 2009

Captive Birds






Practice, practice, practice

Nikon D3, Nikon 80-400mm lens

Sunday 25 October 2009

A Windy day









Leighton Moss with Dave

Flying Bittern, Booming Bittern, Lapwings, Redshank, Greenshank, Knot, Egrets, Peregrine, Cormorants mating, Black backed Gull, Shoveller, Pochard, Whooper Swans, Teal, Curlew, Snipe,

Nikon D3, Sigma 500mm lens

Saturday 24 October 2009

A big sky day







Martin Mere, lots of geese, 3 peregrines, marsh harrier, herons, swans, redshank, greenshank, black backed gull, lapwing, toad, stoat

Nikon D3, Sigma 500mm lens

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