Saturday, 18 July 2026
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
20260707-12 Long-tailed Shrike, Crail, Fife
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| 20260708 Long-tailed Shrike Unblocked. Lanius schach erythronotus Pleased with the separation in this shot. Will re-process the background blur for less blur when time permits... Shot used in the Rarity Finders Report: www.birdguides.com/articles/rarity-finders-long-tailed-shrike-in-fife |
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| 20260708 Long-tailed Shrike Very early morning sunshine. 1680mm. |
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| 20260708 Long-tailed Shrike 1/500th, ISO1250 during a pause to pose. Tail wear... |
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| 20260707 Long-tailed Shrike Mobbed and tracked about fruit farm hedge by 2 male Yellowhammer. Midday on the 7th. 3rd hand info has it that the Shrike had predated a Yellowhammer nest and had used a hawthorn bush to butcher prey. |
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| 20260707 Isle of May To the South of the Barnsmuir Fruit Farm. Polytunnels full of strawberries and raspberries stretching for many clicks, surrounded by arable fields with large hedges between. |
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| 20260707 The Bass Good to see The Bass once again. |
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| 20260707 Long-tailed Shrike One of the first tail shots as bird continually searched about hedgerow with intent... Head as Red-backed Shrike, tail as Brown Shrike. Note tail reduced as heavily abraded. |
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| 20260708 Tree Sparrow Each time the Shrike entered a nearby ash tree this Tree Sparrow shot out and persistently called. Many strange observation occurred without seeing or shooting any prey taken... 2nd hand info related that young Blue Tits had been grabbed and consumed. |
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| 20260708 Willow Warbler 3 times the Shrike sat in this hawthorn and 2 Willow Warblers came out and moved about it. They seemed to be mesmerised by it... A regular and persistent 'hueet' call was heard during these confrontations...?? |
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| 20260708 Long-tailed Shrike |
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| 20260708 Long-tailed Shrike 1st summer male. |
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
20260624 Turtle Dove, Kelling Heath
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| 20260624 Turtle Dove Supplementary feeding of Woodpigeon causing gigantism... |
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| 20260624 Turtle Dove 2 birds purring and active. |
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| 20260702 Common Buzzard Hanging into a stiff wind, Bayfield Est. |
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
20260609-12 Western Reef Heron, Caernarfon
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron Signalling 1st for Britain... A crippler... as a dark morph. |
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron Bird flew up from loafing position into Little Froyd Bay, landing in front of the 4th day twitchers..!! |
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron |
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| 20260609 Loafing site in Foryd Bay. All creatures great and small scampered to see this 1st for Britain... Then scampered back to The Dales. |
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron Leaving to roost in Caernarfon Harbour this evening. Of the 2500 images taken over 4 days is this the most visually compelling...? |
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron Feet dipped in cadmium yellow... |
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| 20260609 Western Reef Heron Longer and deeper bill than Little's. |
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| 20260609 WRHeron Pale grey in tibia. |
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| 20260609 Foryd Bay At high tide in silvery evening light. OM 9-18mm F4, at F8 all is sharp to horizon.... The bird had flown up high to the North with one Little Egret to roost in trees at Caernarfon Harbour. |
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| 20260610 Black Swan Of Foryd Bay... |
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| 20260610 Western Reef Heron Alongside Little Egret at Caernarfon Harbour. |
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| 20260610 Western Reef Heron Balancing exposure on both morphs in the field was tricky... |
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| 20260610 Western Reef Heron Cannot resist a shot of Grey Heron... this one will be permanently etched in the minds eye. |
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| 20260610 Western Reef Heron Throat bulging appeared to be a proximity threat. |
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| 20260610 WRHeron |
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| 20260610 WRHeron Sun came out for the seaweed shot. |
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| 20260610 Caernarfon Castle And the harbourside carpark. Twitcher JR of Anglesey reckoned about 1000 here on Sunday...! Also mentioned that the BBRC are happy with the bird... already??! |
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| 20260610 4th day Twitchers A relaxed affair with a few flash points. |
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| 20260610 WRHeron Shot from the South side of the harbour with the light. Processed for a true colour balance. |
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| 20260610 Grey Heron & Caernarfon Castle |
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| 20260610 WRHeron MC20 once again pulled back to 1600mm...?? ISO 10000 Within the reach of the MC14. MC20 can only be used on well sunlit targets. |
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| 20260610 Western Reef Heron Egretta gularis gularis Dark morph. |
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| 20260611 WRHeron Dull and rained most of the day on 11th and The Reef stayed way out in the estuary. The bird came into the near shore at 1640hrs, actively hunting. |
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| 20260611 WRHeron |
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| 20260611 WRHeron Top dynamic shot. |
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| 20260611 WRHeron |
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| 20260611 WRHeron The bird froze and looked up at my position for the first time...?? Did a back flip into the stiff breeze and shot over to the far side of the loafing bay... |
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