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| 20261025 Rufous-tailed Robin & Wren 1650hrs as darkness fell into the gully on the first evening... this was going to be a difficult photo shoot. 1/100th sec, F6.1, ISO102400...?? Manual Focus and Night Vision used. Pulled lens back to 800mm from 1200. This did not give any light gain. Best to shoot at 1200mm, F6.3. Limiting max ISO to 80000 also helped with grainy noise. |
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| 20261026 Rufous-tailed Robin Luscinia sibilans Family of Nightingales, Common and Thrush and therefore skulks in dense veg... 1/250 sec, F6.3, ISO64000, Night Vision used to locate subject... in the dark. Pink legs and white nails showed well in the darkness. |
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| 20261026 Goldfinch Some light relief from the nocturnal Rufous Robin... Excellent sunflower crop at Bempton Cliffs with about 60 dynamic Goldfinch. Excellent mode, ProCapSH2 burst, allows for seed positioning. |
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| 20261026 Rufous-tailed Robin Long distance migrant from East Asia, winters in Southern China. 20 years ago will have been over looked in Europe. All records are in recent years. |
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| 20261025 Bullfinch Pair frequented the gully during the hours of waiting... F6.3 and focusing practice. Note pink reflected onto lower mandible. Note all birds in gully were ringed, except for the Rufous-tailed. |
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| 20261026 Rufous-tailed Robin 1/200th sec, ISO64000, tried -1.7EV to lower ISO. Better to have shot burst at 1/10th sec. Large concave eye in smaller head than Robins. Obvious eye-ring. Rufous tones in tail and wing feathers. |
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| 20261028 Eurasian Robin 1/10th sec, ISO32000, in early morn gloom. Pulled back to 716mm to no effect. |
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| 20261027 Pallas's Warbler Bempton Cliffs. |
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| 20261027 Whooper Swan Flock of 32 off Cliffs. Appeared as a white line way out to NE. |
