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20250326 Ring Ouzel Female type. In early morning mist and heavy dew. |
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20250326 Ring Ouzel Against light, heat haze and dew evaporation, late morning. |
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20250326 Mandarine Duck Santon Downham |
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20250321 Willow Tit Calling persistantly from top of tall tree. Bib widens from chin to throat. |
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20250321 Willow Tit Outer tail feather shorter... |
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20250321 Chiffchaff Birds in full and loud song. |
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20230321 Willow Tit Wing panel not obvious... Loosley associated with Goldcrest untill stopping to call. |
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20250321 Blue Tit Few pairs in area of damp woodland by Stream. Long-tailed Tit flock of 10 birds and no sign of Marsh Tit... |
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20250321 Willow Tit 'zi-zi, taah taah taah'. |
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20161226 Marsh Tit Selbrigg Pond, but of limited use as in December. |
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20230403 Marsh Tit Outer tail feather same length as others.... |
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20230304 Marsh Tit Sculthorpe Moor in March. |
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20210325 Marsh Tit |
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20250325 Willow Tit |
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20250319 Pallid Harrier Against very strong sunlight, initially an unidentified silhouette in EVF... |
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20250319 Pallid Harrier Strong face pattern but in shade here. |
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20250319 Pallid Harrier Breast streaks fade to white belly. |
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20250319 Pallid Harrier Mobbed by local Red Kite and Buzzard then soared up high.... as the Strait of Messina... those were the days. |
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20250319 Pallid Harrier Very pallid cf Buzzard. |
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20250320 Hen Harrier Warham Greens 5 primaries show in a rounded hand. More contrast in the secondaries as bars easily visable. |
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20250320 Hen Harrier Warham Greens |
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20250319 Marsh Harrier Male twisting down onto prey. Similar primary formula as Hen... |
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20250314 Twite |
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20250314 Twite Spring male with pink rump. On ridge by Sea Pool. c12 got up flushed by Marsh Harrier. Small as a mouse, against the light and heat haize... |
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20250314 Twite Pleased with the weedy bokeh in background... |
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20250314 Ruff Swan Lake. |
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20250314 Black-tailed Godwit Within the flock, a shot for the Godwit enthusiasts... |
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20250214 Pintail Continually up-ending, 1/2000th to freeze head movement this close. |
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20250224 Cattle Egret 2 wintering in Wighton area. |
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20250224 Russian White-fronted Goose Warham Fort, River Stiffkey flood plain. |
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20250224 Lesser White-fronted Goose 9 birds here. |
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20240224 Lesser White-fronted Goose & Greylag Goose Greylag 73% longer & 56% heavier...! |
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20250214 Lesser White-fronted Goose Comparison with White Fronts. Larger gander at right end. |
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20250219 Smew Male with 2 female type, Layer Breton causeway. 2400mm. Subject detection frequently pulls the focus point nearer off the target with the MC20... |
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20250219 Smew 2400mm equiv. |
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20250219 Smew 2400mm equiv. |
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20250219 Slavonian Grebe |
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20250219 Slavonian Grebe Pair by VP on causeway. |
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20250219 Slavonian Grebe |
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20250219 Slavonian Grebe 2400mm, 1/1000th sec, F13, ISO8000....!!! Overcast dull white cloud. |
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20250219 Goosander Abberton Res is the site for this species... MC20 at 1570mm. |